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Marijuana Arrests

Metadata Updated: April 16, 2025

The data represents individuals arrested with a marijuana charge, regardless of whether there was a more serious secondary charge. If an arrestee was charged with multiple marijuana charges, the arrest is only counted once under the more serious charge type (Manufacture/Cultivation > Distribution > Possession with Intent to Distribute > Possession > Public Consumption). The category of “Manufacture or Cultivation” was added in the 2019 data and for future years, but is not utilized in prior years.MPD collects race and ethnicity data according to the United States Census Bureau standards (https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about.html). Hispanic, which was previously categorized under the Race field prior to August 2015, is now captured under Ethnicity. All records prior to August 2015 have been updated to “Unknown (Race), Hispanic (Ethnicity).” Data on race and ethnicity prior to November 9, 2018 was based on officer observation; on and after November 9, 2018, the data is based on the arrestee’s response.MPD cannot release exact addresses to the general public unless proof of ownership or subpoena is submitted. The GeoX and GeoY values represent the block location (approximately 232 ft. radius) as of the date of the arrest. Due to the Department’s redistricting efforts in 2012 and 2019, data may not be comparable in some years.Arrestee age is calculated based on the number of days between the self-reported or verified date of birth (DOB) of the arrestee and the date of the arrest; DOB data may not be accurate if self-reported or if the arrestee refused to provide it.Due to the sensitive nature of juvenile data and to protect the arrestee’s confidentiality, any arrest records for defendants under the age of 18 have been coded as “NA” for the following fields:• Arrest Hour• CCN• Age• Offense Location Block GeoX/Y• Defendant Race• Defendant Ethnicity• Defendant Sex• Arrest Location Block Address• Arrest Location Block GeoX/YThis data may not match other marijuana data requests that may have included all law enforcement agencies in the District, or only the most serious charge. Figures are subject to change due to record sealing, expungements, and data quality audits.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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Dates

Metadata Created Date July 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 16, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from DC data

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date July 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 16, 2025
Publisher Metropolitan Police Department
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2024-07-02T13:00:27.000Z
Data Last Modified 2025-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
Category geospatial
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Harvest Source Title DC data
Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::marijuana-arrests
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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