Impact Essex County

Drug-Related Arrests

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Essex County, MA	1.00	1.10	0.99	0.80	0.87	1.18	1.24	1.98	1.94	1.10	1.02	0.97	1.29	1.71	1.67	1.61	1.39	1.34
Amesbury	3.76	4.87	2.70	1.95	3.28	3.54	3.79	4.18	2.47	0.78	0.92	0.85	1.45	1.61	0.81	1.84	1.67	1.15
Beverly	0.88	2.09	3.16	2.36	2.77	2.79	1.99	2.91	2.60	1.72	3.44	1.15	1.51	1.23	1.12	1.29	0.70	0.66
Gloucester		1.41	2.15	1.96	1.02	0.73	1.53	1.29	0.73	1.34	1.67	1.59	1.37	1.77	1.42	1.54	1.21	0.81
Haverhill					0.68	2.84	3.11	3.28	2.89	1.98	1.31	1.95	2.52	2.74	3.45	3.17	2.79	2.58
Lynn								4.81	3.41	1.74	1.62	1.98	2.41	3.56	2.57	2.61	2.47	1.89
Methuen			0.54	0.29	0.11	0.34	0.73	1.49	4.11	3.13	1.06	2.50	2.42	4.65	5.10	4.91	4.15	4.39
Newburyport	1.16	1.15		0.69	1.43	1.72	2.37	1.85	4.69	0.34	0.98	0.28	1.70	3.66	1.23	1.06	0.78	0.33
Peabody	2.40	2.69	2.68	1.85	1.63	1.96	1.57	1.36	1.75	0.58	0.66	1.26	1.16	0.71	1.28	0.99	0.97	0.93
Salem													1.66	3.80	3.30	2.61	1.77	2.54
Andover	4.65	3.03	1.88	0.48	1.17	1.98	1.44	3.55	4.09	3.44	2.44	1.30	1.26	1.15	3.14	3.97	2.38	2.07
Boxford	0.13	0.25	0.73	0.61	0.24						0.13
Danvers	0.76	2.22	2.03	1.69	2.42	4.01	4.52	3.12	3.14	1.25	0.75	0.63	0.81	0.84	0.50	0.36	0.86	0.93
Georgetown									0.12	0.11	0.86		0.12	0.24	0.47	0.23	0.58	0.58
Groveland	3.80	3.45	3.38	1.58	1.56	2.13	2.23	5.03	1.53	0.13	1.86	0.30	0.15	0.30	1.20	0.59
Hamilton			1.07	0.48	1.57	3.04	2.82	1.84	0.24				1.24	0.62	0.25	0.61	0.12	0.49
Ipswich		0.45	0.68	0.38	0.08	0.15	0.08	0.38	0.68	0.07	0.83	0.30	0.15	0.51	0.22	0.51	0.14	0.22
Lynnfield	0.35	0.86	0.09	0.17	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.71	0.70	0.66	0.52	0.17	0.25	0.48	0.40	0.39		0.24
Manchester								0.39	0.39		0.19	0.39	0.19	0.95	0.56	0.19	1.30	1.30
Marblehead	1.67	1.71	1.17	0.84	1.44	0.95	1.11	1.01	1.11	0.30	0.05	0.15	0.50	0.39	0.10	0.10	0.10
Merrimac			1.27	1.10	0.79	0.94	1.09	0.93	0.46	0.15	0.32	0.16	0.61	0.30		0.44	0.59	0.15
Middleton			0.11	0.12				0.22							0.10	0.21	0.10	0.21
Nahant	0.55	1.92	1.37	0.55	0.55	0.28	0.84	0.84	0.83	1.10	0.88		0.58		0.58			0.29
Newbury	2.23	1.76	2.63	0.45		2.65		1.62	2.34	3.04	0.75	0.30	0.74	0.29	1.88	1.72	1.00	0.43
North Andover	0.90	1.38	0.81	0.52	0.33	0.48	0.66	1.13	1.16	0.11	0.21	0.11	0.32	0.07	0.41	0.20	1.04	2.12
Rockport						0.13	1.71	0.26	0.52	0.26	0.43	0.14	0.14	0.42	0.28
Rowley	0.91	2.16	2.33	0.90	2.50	1.59	0.70	0.88	0.87	1.72	0.34	0.85	0.34	1.33	0.97	0.95	0.32	0.32
Salisbury	17.58	9.71	4.02	3.14	2.49	1.84	3.38	3.43	3.74	1.16	3.38	1.08	3.68	4.32	4.14	3.56	4.54	4.54
Saugus	2.07	2.17	0.99	1.26	1.10	0.87	1.28	1.34	1.53	0.68	0.98	0.85	1.43	0.68	0.61	0.18	0.25	0.36
Swampscott	0.83	0.21	0.48	0.07	0.42	1.21	0.64	0.72	0.79	0.43	0.29	0.87	0.29	0.64	0.43	0.41	0.41
Topsfield			1.13	5.64	4.55	0.66	1.49	0.82		0.33	0.33		0.16			0.31	0.92	0.46
Wenham			0.21	1.53	1.98	1.55	2.68	1.06	1.06	0.21	1.23	0.20	0.80	0.97		0.19
West Newbury	2.16	3.33	2.12	2.34	2.81	3.28	2.58	2.56	1.84	0.45	0.47	1.16	0.46	0.68	0.45		0.88	0.22
Middlesex County, MA	0.56	0.58	0.60	0.69	0.80	0.77	0.87	0.98	1.20	0.73	0.84	0.86	0.91	0.80	0.74	0.74	0.65	0.60
Lake County, IL	5.64	5.23	4.95	4.81	5.29	5.37	5.51	5.72	4.67	4.85	5.04	5.30	5.90	6.32	6.33	6.19	5.33
Westchester County, NY	2.39	2.52	2.63	3.04	3.54	3.82	3.98	4.02	3.66	3.56	3.53	3.76	4.09	4.28	3.36	2.66	2.51	2.43
Massachusetts	1.16	1.27	1.20	1.25	1.60	1.79	1.90	2.01	2.11	1.18	1.24	1.22	1.31	1.30	1.23	1.13	1.15	1.07

Source: Massachusetts State Police, Illinois State Police and New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

Number of Drug-Related Arrests

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Essex County, MA	722	807	726	550	639	864	907	1,450	1,431	819	755	731	974	1,303	1,283	1,252	1,079	1,040
Amesbury	62	81	45	34	54	58	62	69	41	13	15	14	24	27	14	32	29	20
Beverly	35	84	127	94	110	111	79	115	103	68	136	46	61	50	46	53	29	27
Gloucester		43	66	60	31	22	46	39	22	41	48	46	40	52	42	46	36	24
Haverhill					41	170	187	199	177	122	80	120	156	170	215	199	175	162
Lynn								418	297	152	146	180	220	326	237	241	228	175
Methuen			24	13	5	15	32	65	181	139	50	119	116	226	251	244	206	218
Newburyport	20	20		12	25	30	41	32	82	6	17	5	30	65	22	19	14	6
Peabody	116	132	133	91	81	99	80	70	90	30	34	65	60	37	67	52	51	49
Salem													70	162	141	112	76	109
Andover	149	98	61	17	38	65	48	118	137	116	81	44	43	40	110	140	84	73
Boxford	1	2	6	5	2						1
Danvers	19	56	51	43	63	104	121	84	85	34	20	17	22	23	14	10	24	26
Georgetown									1	1	7		1	2	4	2	5	5
Groveland	23	21	21	10	10	14	15	35	11	1	12	2	1	2	8	4
Hamilton			9	4	13	25	23	15	2				10	5	2	5	1	4
Ipswich		6	9	5	1	2	1	5	9	1	11	4	2	7	3	7	2	3
Lynnfield	4	10	1	2	2	2	2	8	8	8	6	2	3	6	5	5		3
Manchester								2	2		1	2	1	5	3	1	7	7
Marblehead	34	35	24	17	29	19	22	20	22	6	1	3	10	8	2	2	2
Merrimac			8	7	5	6	7	6	3	1	2	1	4	2		3	4	1
Middleton			1	1				2							1	2	1	2
Nahant	2	7	5	2	2	1	3	3	3	4	3		2		2			1
Newbury	15	12	18	3		18		11	16	21	5	2	5	2	13	12	7	3
North Andover	24	37	22	14	9	13	18	31	32	3	6	3	9	2	12	6	31	63
Rockport						1	13	2	4	2	3	1	1	3	2
Rowley	5	12	13	5	14	9	4	5	5	10	2	5	2	8	6	6	2	2
Salisbury	138	77	32	25	20	15	28	29	32	10	28	9	31	37	36	33	42	42
Saugus	54	57	26	33	29	23	34	36	42	19	26	23	39	19	17	5	7	10
Swampscott	12	3	7	1	6	17	9	10	11	6	4	12	4	9	6	6	6
Topsfield			7	35	28	4	9	5		2	2		1			2	6	3
Wenham			1	7	9	7	12	5	5	1	6	1	4	5		1
West Newbury	9	14	9	10	12	14	11	11	8	2	2	5	2	3	2		4	1
Middlesex County, MA	829	855	877	953	1,170	1,129	1,273	1,441	1,784	1,095	1,264	1,307	1,393	1,245	1,160	1,168	1,038	957
Lake County, IL	3,632	3,370	3,277	3,241	3,624	3,718	3,848	4,076	3,316	3,453	3,544	3,743	4,139	4,445	4,447	4,399	3,789
Westchester County, NY	2,204	2,348	2,456	2,846	3,315	3,564	3,707	3,754	3,434	3,360	3,352	3,597	3,934	4,145	3,266	2,599	2,454	2,382
Massachusetts	7,386	8,126	7,724	7,656	10,352	11,573	12,258	13,090	13,807	7,813	8,118	8,087	8,688	8,648	8,245	7,618	7,735	7,211

Source: Massachusetts State Police, Illinois State Police and New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

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