Trends in Heroin/Cocaine Arrests
(1970 - 2004)

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Year	Drug Law Arrests	Heroin/Cocaine Arrests	% of Drug Law Arrests	% of All Arrests
1970	415,600	130,083	31.3	1.6
1971	492,000	140,712	28.6	1.6
1972	527,400	112,864	21.4	1.3
1973	628,900	88,046	14.0	1.0
1974	642,100	101,452	15.8	1.1
1975	601,400	78,783	13.1	0.8
1976	609,500	60,341	9.9	0.6
1977	642,700	84,836	13.2	0.8
1978	628,700	82,988	13.2	0.8
1979	558,600	68,149	12.2	0.7
1980	580,900	70,289	12.1	0.7
1981	559,900	72,227	12.9	0.7
1982	676,000	115,596	17.1	1.0
1983	661,400	152,783	23.1	1.3
1984	708,400	184,892	26.1	1.6
1985	811,400	239,363	29.5	2.0
1986	824,100	336,233	40.8	2.7
1987	937,400	427,454	45.6	3.4
1988	1,155,200	599,549	51.9	4.3
1989	1,361,700	732,595	53.8	5.1
1990	1,089,500	591,599	54.3	4.2
1991	1,010,000	558,530	55.3	3.9
1992	1,066,400	565,192	53.0	4.0
1993	1,126,300	566,529	50.3	4.0
1994	1,351,400	501,369	37.1	3.4
1995	1,476,100	627,343	42.5	4.1
1996	1,506,200	599,468	39.8	4.0
1997	1,583,600	565,345	35.7	3.7
1998	1,559,100	570,631	36.6	3.9
1999	1,557,100	527,857	33.9	3.8
2000	1,579,566	529,155	33.5	3.8
2001	1,586,902	520,504	32.8	3.8
2002	1,538,813	463,183	30.1	3.4
2003	1,678,192	508,492	30.3	3.7
2004	1,745,712	530,696	30.4	3.8
Grand Totals:	33,732,473	11,709,570	34.7	2.7

Note: heroin and cocaine arrests are tabulated jointly in the source documents.