Annual Number of Arrests for Drug Offenses in the US By Type of Offense

Estimated Annual Number of Arrests for Drug Offenses in the US, by Type of Offense - 2010-2020 and 2022
		Sale/Manufacture					Possession
Year	Total Drug Arrests	Sale/Manu. Any Drug	Heroin, Cocaine, and Derivatives	Marijuana	Synthetic or Manufactured Drugs	Other Dangerous Nonnarcotic Drugs	Possession Any Drug	Heroin, Cocaine, and Derivatives	Marijuana	Synthetic or Manufactured Drugs	Other Dangerous Nonnarcotic Drugs
2022	907,958	110,771	39,950	22,699	5,448	43,582	797,187	154,353	245,149	35,410	362,275
2020	1,155,610	153,696	47,380	32,357	17,334	57,781	1,001,914	227,655	317,793	40,446	416,020
2019	1,558,862	207,328	65,472	45,207	26,501	68,590	1,351,533	305,537	500,395	62,354	483,247
2018	1,654,282	224,982	72,788	54,591	29,777	66,171	1,429,300	334,165	608,776	77,134	413,571
2017	1,632,921	238,406	84,912	60,418	26,127	65,317	1,394,515	336,382	599,282	78,380	380,471
2015	1,488,707	239,682	81,879	68,480	26,797	62,526	1,249,025	296,252	574,641	75,924	300,719
2014	1,561,231	263,848	90,551	81,184	29,663	64,010	1,297,383	265,409	619,809	74,939	335,665
2013	1,501,043	265,685	90,063	84,058	28,520	63,044	1,235,358	246,171	609,423	69,048	310,716
2012	1,552,432	276,333	94,698	91,593	29,496	62,097	1,276,099	256,151	658,231	69,859	290,305
2011	1,531,251	278,688	96,469	94,937	27,563	61,250	1,252,563	255,719	663,032	70,438	263,375
2010	1,638,846	296,631	101,608	103,247	29,499	60,637	1,342,215	268,771	750,591	67,193	257,299

Note: In 2016, the FBI estimated that there were 1,572,579 arrests for drug law violations in the US. The FBI's Uniform Crime Report for 2016, for the first time in many years, did not provide a breakdown of that figure by substance or offense type.

Source

FBI Uniform Crime Report. "Crime in the United States 2022 - Arrests". FBI Uniform Crime Report. Washington, DC: US Dept of Justice, Fall 2023.
FBI Uniform Crime Report.Arrest Table: Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations. FBI Uniform Crime Report. Washington, DC: US Dept of Justice, Fall 2023.
FBI Uniform Crime Report. Crime in the United States 2020 - Arrests and Arrest Table: Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations. Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice, September 2021.
"Crime in the United States 2019 - Arrests," FBI Uniform Crime Report (Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice, September 2020), p. 2, and Arrest Table: Arrests for Drug Abuse Violations.
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"Crime in the United States 2014 - Arrests," FBI Uniform Crime Report (Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice, September 2015), p. 1.
"Crime in the United States 2013 - Arrests," FBI Uniform Crime Report (Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice, September 2014), p. 1.
"Crime in the United States 2012 - Arrests," FBI Uniform Crime Report (Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice, September 2013), p. 1.
"Crime in the United States 2011 - Arrests," FBI Uniform Crime Report (Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice, October 2012), p. 1.
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"Crime in the United States - 1997," FBI Uniform Crime Reports (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1998), p. 221, Table 4.1 & p. 222, Table 29.
"Uniform Crime Reports for the United States 1996," Federal Bureau of Investigation (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1997), p. 213, Table 4.1 & p. 214, Table 29.
"Crime in the United States - 1995," FBI Uniform Crime Reports (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1996), pp. 207-208.
FBI, UCR for the US 1990 (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1991), pp. 173-174.
FBI, UCR for the US 1980 (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1981), pp. 189-191.

Annual Number of Arrests for Drug Offenses in the US By Type of Offense

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