Percent of DEA Criminal Referrals That Are Declined 2005
Districts in Rank Order


(Click on District Name for Detailed Data)
DistrictCity# Prosecuted# DeclinedPercentRank
U.S. 18,553 3,999 17.7 -
W Virg, SCharleston 26 44 62.9 1
R. I. Providence 38 51 57.3 2
Tenn, W Memphis 157 141 47.3 3
Ark, E Little Rock 107 76 41.5 4
Ga, M Macon 86 56 39.4 5
Ala, M Montgomery 26 16 38.1 6
Mo, W Kansas City 122 75 38.1 6
Okla, N Tulsa 42 24 36.4 8
W Virg, NWheeling 56 31 35.6 9
Ill, S East St. Louis 100 54 35.1 10
Montana Billings 53 28 34.6 11
D. C. Washington 42 22 34.4 12
Idaho Boise 59 30 33.7 13
N Car, E Raleigh 120 61 33.7 13
Delaware Wilmington 48 24 33.3 15
Penn, E Philadelphia 188 88 31.9 16
Fla, N Pensacola 202 94 31.8 17
Maine Portland 67 31 31.6 18
N. Y., N Syracuse 132 60 31.3 19
Iowa, N Cedar Rapids 59 26 30.6 20
Vermont Burlington 68 30 30.6 20
La, M Baton Rouge 55 24 30.4 22
Mass Boston 214 90 29.6 23
Ark, W Fort Smith 48 20 29.4 24
Ken, E Lexington 212 86 28.9 25
Iowa, S Des Moines 186 75 28.7 26
Texas, N Fort Worth 222 81 26.7 27
Nebraska Omaha 93 33 26.2 28
Tenn, E Knoxville 178 61 25.5 29
Maryland Baltimore 158 53 25.1 30
Ken, W Louisville 94 31 24.8 31
N Dakota Fargo 61 19 23.8 32
Texas, E Tyler 190 56 22.8 33
Ind, N South Bend 100 29 22.5 34
Penn, W Pittsburgh 109 30 21.6 35
Okla, E Muskogee 26 7 21.2 36
Fla, M Tampa 874 229 20.8 37
Wash, E Spokane 162 41 20.2 38
Ill, N Chicago 302 76 20.1 39
Cal, N San Francisco 130 32 19.8 40
Fla, S Miami 610 150 19.7 41
Wyoming Cheyenne 45 11 19.6 42
Miss, N Oxford 51 12 19.0 43
Ohio, S Cincinnati 201 47 19.0 43
Ala, S Mobile 142 32 18.4 45
Miss, S Jackson 93 21 18.4 45
Tenn, M Nashville 94 21 18.3 47
Ill, C Springfield 112 25 18.2 48
La, W Shreveport 121 27 18.2 48
Mo, E St. Louis 304 67 18.1 50
Ga, N Atlanta 182 37 16.9 51
La, E New Orleans 128 26 16.9 51
Texas, S Houston 986 196 16.6 53
Oregon Portland 177 33 15.7 54
Ga, S Savannah 117 21 15.2 55
N. Y., W Buffalo 226 39 14.7 56
Alaska Anchorage 41 7 14.6 57
Virg, E Alexandria 492 76 13.4 58
Kansas Topeka 193 29 13.1 59
Hawaii Honolulu 171 25 12.8 60
N. Y., S Manhattan 843 123 12.7 61
Ohio, N Cleveland 306 44 12.6 62
N Mexico Albuquerque 651 91 12.3 63
N. J. Newark 289 40 12.2 64
Cal, S San Diego 194 26 11.8 65
Ala, N Birmingham 181 24 11.7 66
Virg, W Roanoke 246 32 11.5 67
Cal, C Los Angeles 475 58 10.9 68
Wash, W Seattle 273 33 10.8 69
N Car, M Greensboro 84 10 10.6 70
N. Y., E Brooklyn 275 32 10.4 71
Wisc, E Milwaukee 79 9 10.2 72
S Car Columbia 320 36 10.1 73
Okla, W Oklahoma City 28 3 9.7 74
Ind, S Indianapolis 175 17 8.9 75
Cal, E Sacramento 385 37 8.8 76
Conn New Haven 125 12 8.8 76
Arizona Phoenix 859 82 8.7 78
Colorado Denver 171 16 8.6 79
N Car, W Asheville 152 13 7.9 80
Nevada Las Vegas 212 18 7.8 81
Mich, E Detroit 291 24 7.6 82
S Dakota Sioux Falls 76 6 7.3 83
New Hamp Concord 103 8 7.2 84
Penn, M Scranton 197 14 6.6 85
Texas, W San Antonio 1,033 69 6.3 86
MinnesotaMinneapolis 192 8 4.0 87
Mich, W Grand Rapids 95 3 3.1 88
Wisc, W Madison 31 1 3.1 88
Utah Salt Lake City 185 5 2.6 90


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