Arrests and arrest rates per 100,000 population, drug offenses (felony and misdemeanor), 1960-present
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, drug arrests by age
Consolidated ages Detailed ages
Arrest rates per 100,000 population, drug (adjusted for percentage of US population covered by report, with unknowns apportioned to knowns)
Year <18 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Total All <10 All <13 13-14 All <15 15 16 17 18 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 50+
1960 7.9 107.1 83.5 19.3 3.4 33.1 0.9 8.5 21.6 34.5 67.8 88.6 120.2 102.2 66.5 31.4 14.6 10.3 3.4
1961 11.5 97.9 78.7 20.3 3.6 32.3 3.7 18.0 25.9 40.5 55.8 80.9 112.6 95.1 63.7 32.5 16.1 10.8 3.6
1962 13.7 92.5 85.7 21.7 3.2 33.3 5.4 20.1 29.1 43.6 57.1 69.4 106.4 101.2 71.3 35.1 18.6 9.9 3.2
1963 10.0 87.9 74.3 21.0 3.1 30.0 2.2 12.0 22.5 42.8 57.7 69.0 98.6 86.4 62.7 35.3 17.6 9.0 3.1
1964 16.3 108.4 87.3 24.0 2.9 36.3 1.2 7.8 3.7 20.4 39.4 53.3 82.3 99.2 115.8 98.8 75.8 41.4 19.6 10.0 7.0 3.1 2.2 0.6 2.9
1965 26.1 124.7 95.3 29.2 3.5 43.5 3.5 15.2 8.0 34.1 58.0 85.3 95.3 126.9 132.3 109.2 81.3 50.3 25.0 11.6 7.4 4.2 2.9 1.1 3.5
1966 41.3 172.6 104.7 30.9 3.0 55.0 3.3 19.4 9.5 51.6 102.4 146.1 176.8 175.1 170.8 123.1 85.4 53.6 26.5 12.2 6.7 3.9 2.4 0.7 3.0
1967 93.9 291.9 123.6 34.5 3.7 86.3 4.8 41.6 19.1 135.8 240.1 324.9 379.7 373.0 252.7 149.6 95.1 58.2 30.5 15.2 7.8 4.9 2.7 0.9 3.7
1968 187.8 486.3 148.9 40.2 4.1 138.1 8.9 94.1 42.1 277.8 466.4 623.3 693.1 662.8 400.2 183.7 109.2 67.8 36.2 17.9 9.0 4.9 2.8 1.3 4.1
1969 250.3 721.4 215.7 52.1 5.3 199.0 10.6 124.3 55.0 365.3 619.8 829.5 972.7 956.8 614.3 273.5 148.1 88.0 48.2 22.5 11.6 6.7 3.6 1.6 5.3
1970 320.2 1,041.8 299.1 70.6 7.0 279.9 12.5 146.1 65.5 453.9 792.0 1,077.8 1,327.4 1,318.2 919.1 380.5 202.6 118.5 66.3 30.8 15.9 8.0 4.9 2.0 7.0
1971 353.3 1,158.2 332.5 75.1 7.1 314.4 14.0 167.3 75.4 509.7 871.8 1,146.5 1,446.3 1,442.5 1,036.7 427.1 221.2 125.7 70.7 32.9 17.2 8.1 4.4 1.8 7.1
1972 383.4 1,201.4 332.2 74.3 7.6 326.6 14.2 177.3 79.6 541.3 964.1 1,217.6 1,497.1 1,440.4 1,084.6 426.1 216.6 121.6 69.2 35.6 17.8 9.1 4.6 2.0 7.6
1973 516.3 1,351.7 340.2 70.1 7.5 377.0 16.6 237.3 105.2 737.6 1,258.7 1,628.6 1,862.2 1,678.4 1,168.3 451.9 206.0 112.4 65.5 34.6 16.3 8.3 4.6 3.1 7.5
1974 559.7 1,421.5 389.8 76.3 7.5 407.0 17.6 255.6 114.5 792.5 1,376.6 1,696.9 1,980.6 1,757.9 1,226.9 522.3 230.1 124.1 69.7 36.4 18.2 8.1 4.7 2.3 7.5
1975 441.8 1,153.4 350.4 74.1 8.2 338.7 21.1 199.3 94.6 637.3 1,061.0 1,306.1 1,526.9 1,418.2 1,014.8 464.6 211.5 118.6 67.1 36.9 18.9 9.6 5.3 2.6 8.2
1976 449.7 1,132.1 361.3 73.4 7.6 339.4 16.7 206.4 95.8 632.5 1,067.9 1,310.9 1,513.4 1,368.0 998.9 477.0 215.4 116.8 64.8 37.4 18.1 9.4 4.2 2.4 7.6
1977 453.2 1,096.0 376.4 87.3 10.2 340.6 19.0 223.7 105.7 630.6 1,016.6 1,291.9 1,447.9 1,334.4 971.5 500.2 232.5 133.6 79.0 45.7 24.3 12.6 6.6 3.0 10.2
1978 477.4 1,076.6 377.0 89.9 10.5 341.6 21.2 248.4 117.8 671.0 1,046.6 1,296.7 1,463.9 1,299.3 951.0 491.2 246.0 136.1 79.2 47.4 25.7 12.7 6.6 3.1 10.5
1979 403.9 948.9 342.5 80.4 10.7 300.2 21.3 211.0 100.2 558.6 878.0 1,096.0 1,243.8 1,145.5 848.2 447.0 224.8 121.2 69.6 42.1 24.8 15.1 7.5 2.8 10.7
1980 358.8 950.1 382.2 94.0 14.3 303.1 5.4 16.6 186.5 85.3 516.1 767.9 986.5 1,142.2 1,100.4 880.6 489.3 263.4 140.3 80.6 49.4 29.7 22.3 13.0 3.2 14.3
1981 340.4 1,005.3 437.6 111.5 15.7 323.4 5.0 15.6 181.3 80.8 477.6 745.2 966.5 1,175.6 1,127.1 947.7 559.3 306.6 166.9 95.6 56.3 32.8 22.8 15.6 4.1 15.7
1982 318.1 1,078.7 542.5 141.0 18.0 356.5 5.4 16.8 170.4 77.7 438.7 694.7 938.6 1,140.6 1,150.1 1,052.6 675.6 395.3 207.2 121.4 69.8 39.8 25.6 17.7 4.3 18.0
1983 289.4 1,050.8 589.2 161.2 19.3 360.0 6.0 16.3 162.2 76.3 406.3 633.0 846.6 1,054.1 1,081.5 1,044.0 719.4 444.7 242.0 134.2 76.7 44.5 27.6 19.0 4.2 19.3
1984 309.7 1,072.4 606.1 173.2 20.9 370.1 5.6 17.2 176.5 85.7 444.9 669.8 878.4 1,095.6 1,102.0 1,062.6 738.5 460.4 258.3 143.5 83.1 48.1 28.6 21.5 5.5 20.9
1985 335.0 1,173.7 692.1 204.2 22.6 410.3 6.5 18.7 186.6 90.4 472.8 724.7 941.4 1,201.4 1,221.1 1,160.1 839.7 532.4 306.6 167.3 93.8 56.1 31.4 19.4 5.9 22.6
1986 297.4 1,143.8 736.4 232.1 25.9 413.7 7.0 14.3 146.8 68.8 384.7 642.2 868.9 1,160.8 1,158.1 1,138.2 880.0 582.9 346.5 185.9 108.8 63.0 37.1 23.0 7.1 25.9
1987 330.2 1,305.5 873.3 280.0 24.0 476.1 9.1 13.7 157.8 71.0 431.4 694.5 980.4 1,290.8 1,333.4 1,302.9 1,034.7 705.2 430.0 222.5 125.9 67.4 34.2 16.8 5.3 24.0
1988 365.0 1,455.1 992.8 328.4 27.0 534.9 8.3 16.5 175.0 79.1 488.2 778.1 1,091.2 1,495.1 1,476.4 1,443.1 1,162.0 820.8 506.1 268.9 142.1 75.9 39.3 18.7 5.7 27.0
1989 411.0 1,714.4 1,208.9 417.9 33.7 640.2 10.7 19.2 203.5 90.8 568.4 929.5 1,274.6 1,752.0 1,754.6 1,698.5 1,406.5 1,012.4 645.8 342.2 183.4 93.8 49.9 22.6 7.4 33.7
1990 306.1 1,354.8 1,035.3 388.1 32.1 533.5 6.7 12.9 149.5 65.6 416.3 709.9 1,015.5 1,228.9 1,392.9 1,373.6 1,179.8 895.2 590.9 327.5 172.9 92.3 45.6 23.2 6.2 32.1
1991 288.3 1,271.5 930.8 363.3 30.9 487.5 5.3 12.8 145.8 64.2 405.4 673.9 966.9 1,245.1 1,342.4 1,262.8 1,054.4 814.7 546.7 309.5 167.6 87.7 43.5 20.8 6.8 30.9
1992 309.7 1,337.4 969.6 398.0 34.6 510.5 5.3 13.3 162.3 70.7 438.4 749.2 1,014.0 1,342.5 1,455.3 1,314.4 1,089.1 860.7 597.6 352.6 178.8 95.5 49.8 24.7 7.2 34.6
1993 384.5 1,429.9 975.7 425.2 36.7 534.5 5.5 17.2 215.2 95.1 564.3 914.0 1,234.7 1,644.9 1,605.7 1,357.2 1,085.6 878.0 631.1 384.3 195.0 103.0 51.1 25.1 6.6 36.7
1994 551.4 1,705.6 1,107.7 511.2 43.0 634.6 8.9 28.0 318.7 144.1 823.2 1,288.8 1,694.8 2,084.8 2,003.1 1,574.4 1,209.4 1,018.9 754.2 467.6 242.0 119.9 58.9 28.0 7.7 43.0
1995 647.4 1,870.4 1,151.6 567.0 48.8 685.1 18.7 36.7 377.1 173.1 952.1 1,494.2 1,969.1 2,476.9 2,244.0 1,678.6 1,245.7 1,068.8 829.8 524.9 280.0 134.8 66.5 32.1 8.2 48.8
1996 714.7 1,947.4 1,107.6 583.2 53.7 696.2 10.5 39.0 419.2 191.9 1,051.2 1,583.7 2,173.6 2,588.3 2,375.1 1,723.4 1,194.1 1,029.2 836.6 556.3 302.8 146.2 74.4 35.0 8.9 53.7
1997 713.7 2,045.0 1,107.0 589.7 52.4 702.2 13.4 40.3 412.0 187.8 988.8 1,607.9 2,164.8 2,745.2 2,494.0 1,801.8 1,202.5 1,018.4 842.2 566.0 307.4 140.0 68.6 32.5 8.2 52.4
1998 669.6 2,044.9 1,070.8 612.1 57.4 694.4 12.9 35.5 371.6 168.6 944.7 1,482.7 2,083.7 2,724.3 2,525.6 1,795.1 1,154.9 991.2 852.7 598.6 339.0 154.2 72.3 33.4 8.4 57.4
1999 632.2 2,047.8 1,027.9 603.6 62.2 679.6 12.6 34.9 351.2 160.4 898.6 1,405.0 1,966.9 2,669.8 2,494.5 1,815.6 1,117.3 943.1 825.0 600.9 348.8 164.9 74.5 34.8 9.7 62.2
2000 638.2 2,103.2 999.2 591.6 65.6 678.1 8.3 33.2 374.8 167.2 909.7 1,409.6 2,008.6 2,675.7 2,611.8 1,872.2 1,102.6 902.3 801.1 597.8 350.4 168.6 76.3 36.3 11.6 65.6
2001 623.0 2,091.2 981.4 584.2 71.5 670.2 10.3 38.0 376.5 170.3 906.4 1,399.1 1,906.1 2,615.5 2,550.9 1,887.5 1,102.5 870.9 776.0 600.6 360.8 176.9 80.4 37.9 16.3 71.5
2002 561.6 2,012.6 951.2 548.7 67.6 635.2 9.5 31.7 318.7 144.9 791.5 1,262.5 1,782.8 2,446.6 2,468.8 1,832.7 1,100.6 815.6 715.1 569.1 356.5 176.6 77.9 36.7 8.1 67.6
2003 583.1 2,119.4 1,023.0 600.6 79.6 678.1 11.1 35.8 339.7 158.4 825.7 1,274.4 1,833.5 2,562.8 2,556.8 1,943.6 1,195.6 864.1 765.6 634.3 403.4 210.7 90.4 40.6 9.2 79.6
2004 576.0 2,170.0 1,089.5 634.9 89.4 703.3 9.2 33.6 335.0 157.4 807.1 1,248.9 1,797.2 2,571.4 2,610.7 2,001.6 1,285.5 902.9 792.2 672.2 447.1 234.1 102.6 45.0 10.2 89.4
2005 570.1 2,241.6 1,188.3 677.8 103.4 738.2 8.7 29.6 316.3 147.6 783.2 1,234.5 1,769.1 2,595.1 2,639.2 2,091.4 1,410.4 967.3 826.0 717.4 500.0 269.2 119.3 50.2 11.7 103.4
2006 588.7 2,269.7 1,213.4 692.2 115.5 751.8 9.4 29.2 314.0 146.4 783.3 1,254.0 1,827.8 2,632.8 2,716.4 2,106.7 1,442.8 973.9 825.9 729.4 532.3 296.6 136.5 56.0 12.3 115.5
5-yr avg <18 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Total All <10 All <13 13-14 All <15 15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 50+
1960-64 11.9 98.7 81.9 21.2 3.2 33.0 1.2 7.8 3.2 15.8 27.7 42.9 64.2 81.4 110.7 96.7 68.0 35.1 17.3 10.0 7.0 3.1 2.2 0.6 3.2
1965-69 119.9 359.4 137.6 37.4 3.9 104.4 6.2 58.9 26.7 172.9 297.4 401.8 463.5 458.9 314.1 167.8 103.8 63.6 33.3 15.9 8.5 4.9 2.9 1.1 3.9
1970-74 426.6 1,234.9 338.8 73.3 7.3 341.0 15.0 196.7 88.0 607.0 1,052.6 1,353.5 1,622.7 1,527.5 1,087.1 441.6 215.3 120.5 68.3 34.0 17.1 8.3 4.6 2.2 7.3
1975-79 445.2 1,081.4 361.5 81.1 9.5 332.1 19.9 217.8 102.8 626.0 1,014.0 1,260.3 1,439.2 1,313.1 956.9 476.0 226.0 125.3 72.0 41.9 22.3 11.9 6.0 2.8 9.5
1980-84 323.3 1,031.4 511.5 136.2 17.6 342.6 5.5 16.5 175.4 81.2 456.7 702.1 923.3 1,121.6 1,112.2 997.5 636.4 374.1 202.9 115.1 67.0 39.0 25.4 17.4 4.3 17.6
1985-89 347.8 1,358.5 900.7 292.5 26.6 495.0 8.3 16.5 173.9 80.0 469.1 753.8 1,031.3 1,380.0 1,388.7 1,348.5 1,064.5 730.8 447.0 237.4 130.8 71.2 38.4 20.1 6.3 26.6
1990-94 368.0 1,419.9 1,003.8 417.2 35.5 540.1 6.3 16.8 198.3 87.9 529.5 867.1 1,185.2 1,509.2 1,559.9 1,376.5 1,123.7 893.5 624.1 368.3 191.3 99.7 49.8 24.4 6.9 35.5
1995-99 675.5 1,991.1 1,093.0 591.1 54.9 691.5 13.6 37.3 386.2 176.4 967.1 1,514.7 2,071.6 2,640.9 2,426.7 1,762.9 1,182.9 1,010.1 837.3 569.3 315.6 148.0 71.3 33.6 8.7 54.9
2000-04 596.4 2,099.3 1,008.9 592.0 74.7 673.0 9.7 34.5 349.0 159.6 848.1 1,318.9 1,865.6 2,574.4 2,559.8 1,907.5 1,157.4 871.2 770.0 614.8 383.6 193.4 85.5 39.3 11.1 74.7
2005-06 579.4 2,255.7 1,200.8 685.0 109.4 745.0 9.0 29.4 315.1 147.0 783.3 1,244.2 1,798.5 2,614.0 2,677.8 2,099.0 1,426.6 970.6 825.9 723.4 516.1 282.9 127.9 53.1 12.0 109.4
2005-06 vs.
1960s 779% 885% 994% 2237% 2958% 985% 698% 845% 883% 730% 666% 709% 891% 891% 888% 979% 1030% 1574% 2761% 3890% 3548% 3072% 2017% 1318% 2958%
1970s 33% 95% 243% 788% 1206% 121% 69% 52% 54% 27% 20% 38% 71% 89% 105% 211% 340% 572% 932% 1260% 1335% 1169% 897% 380% 1206%
1980s 73% 89% 70% 220% 395% 78% 31% 78% 80% 82% 69% 71% 84% 109% 114% 79% 68% 76% 154% 311% 422% 413% 301% 184% 127% 395%
1990s 11% 32% 15% 36% 142% 21% -9% 9% 8% 11% 5% 4% 10% 26% 34% 34% 24% 2% 13% 54% 104% 128% 111% 83% 54% 142%
2000-04 -3% 7% 19% 16% 46% 11% -7% -15% -10% -8% -8% -6% -4% 2% 5% 10% 23% 11% 7% 18% 35% 46% 50% 35% 8% 46%
Arrests, drug (adjusted for percentage of US population covered by report, with unknowns apportioned to knowns)
Year <18 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Total All <10 All <13 13-14 All <15 15 16 17 18 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 50+
1960 2,002 17,267 19,136 6,769 1,413 46,588 159 235 594 1,014 1,772 2,110 13,385 11,171 7,964 3,936 1,706 1,127 1,413
1961 2,984 16,650 17,868 7,167 1,505 46,175 661 493 704 1,126 1,662 2,058 12,930 10,336 7,532 4,080 1,903 1,185 1,505
1962 3,701 16,354 19,282 7,709 1,356 48,403 956 759 786 1,200 1,609 2,022 12,723 10,984 8,299 4,375 2,237 1,097 1,356
1963 2,818 16,051 16,643 7,515 1,341 44,369 390 421 839 1,168 1,608 1,910 12,533 9,477 7,166 4,356 2,152 1,007 1,341
1964 4,770 20,363 19,548 8,599 1,277 54,558 133 556 688 717 1,363 2,002 2,273 2,731 15,358 11,034 8,514 5,046 2,426 1,127 727 293 160 97 1,277
1965 7,716 25,298 21,416 10,472 1,585 66,487 413 1,114 1,527 1,195 2,015 2,978 3,625 3,481 18,192 12,377 9,038 6,046 3,110 1,317 777 397 217 195 1,585
1966 12,427 36,886 23,801 11,049 1,386 85,549 390 1,466 1,856 1,884 3,563 5,125 6,250 6,636 23,999 14,354 9,447 6,350 3,296 1,403 703 379 183 122 1,386
1967 28,964 65,168 28,611 12,335 1,693 136,772 583 3,222 3,805 5,091 8,685 11,384 13,459 13,183 38,527 18,089 10,522 6,782 3,774 1,779 829 482 214 168 1,693
1968 59,283 111,288 35,728 14,338 1,914 222,551 1,103 7,464 8,567 10,697 17,329 22,690 24,530 23,583 63,175 23,512 12,216 7,767 4,439 2,131 969 478 231 237 1,914
1969 80,484 171,128 53,226 18,472 2,528 325,837 1,332 10,024 11,355 14,451 23,672 31,005 35,759 34,129 101,241 36,354 16,873 9,904 5,846 2,721 1,267 668 307 286 2,528
1970 104,623 257,443 75,748 24,912 3,373 466,099 1,573 12,086 13,658 18,354 31,139 41,470 50,196 49,144 158,103 52,271 23,477 13,218 7,957 3,737 1,779 801 422 371 3,373
1971 117,177 299,677 86,320 26,359 3,489 533,022 1,770 14,136 15,906 20,901 35,041 45,329 56,094 55,337 188,247 59,965 26,355 13,977 8,385 3,996 1,955 814 386 334 3,489
1972 128,312 313,275 91,763 25,938 3,802 563,090 1,789 15,002 16,791 23,043 39,313 49,165 59,521 56,861 196,892 64,939 26,823 13,568 8,091 4,280 2,069 921 419 393 3,802
1973 173,668 360,027 98,441 24,377 3,817 660,331 2,083 20,045 22,128 31,518 53,330 66,692 75,470 68,166 216,391 71,344 27,097 12,672 7,564 4,141 1,930 844 424 618<