Drugs and alcohol in U.S. cities and states
Drug and drug-equipment offenses.
We estimate about 1,714,800 offenses a year across the U.S., down 8.3% from a year earlier. The model projects a 11.2% decline by 2031.
- Group
- Social disorder
- FBI offense codes
- 35A, 35B
- Counted as
- One per offense
Liquor-law violations are not included: the FBI records them only through arrests, and they are not modeled here.
Highest drugs and alcohol rates among the places we publish
Index per resident for drugs and alcohol; the U.S. rate is 100. Rates run high where many people work or visit but few live, so downtowns and shopping areas weigh on a city's figure.
25 places published so far; 12 are above the U.S. rate for drugs and alcohol. The highest is at 1.7 times the U.S. rate.
Drugs and alcohol by state
Every block group in each state, including towns and unincorporated areas.
Other social disorder
Estimates, not incident records: agency totals reported to the FBI, modeled across census block groups. How the estimates are made.