DWI Arrests
In 2020, law enforcement in San Juan County made a total of 1,058 DWI arrests. For most years, first offense and repeat DWI's each constitutes approximately half of the total number of arrests.
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DWI Arrests in 2020
Repeat DWI Offenses
Trends, DWI Arrests, First and Repeat Offenses
The number of DWI arrests across the county has decreased. The proportion of first and repeat offenses has been consistent over time.
Trends, DWI Arrests with Teens and Young Adults
In 2020, there were a total of 217 DWI arrests with teen and young adult drivers, constituting 21% of the total number of DWI arrests.
DWI Arrests of Teens & Young Adults
of the total number of DWI Arrests
DWI Convictions
In 2020, of the 1,058 DWI arrests, 526 (49.7%) resulted in a conviction. As of December 2021, 30 had been dismissed and 502 were awaiting disposition.
San Juan County is approximately 6% of the state's population, but represents 13% of the total DWI arrests across the state.
San Juan County is approximately 6% of the state's population, but represents 13% of the total DWI arrests across the state.
DWI Arrest data by first and repeat offenses, and for teen and young adult drivers, for years 2006 to 2018 are from the NM Dept of Transportation, Traffic Safety Community Reports: https://gps.unm.edu/tru/crash-reports/community-reports.
DWI arrests for prior years are from the NMDOT Community Reports and as published by the DWI Resource Center.
See http://www.accountablegovernment.org/dwirpts.htm for historical data, 1985 through 2014.
DWI arrests for prior years are from the NMDOT Community Reports and as published by the DWI Resource Center.
See http://www.accountablegovernment.org/dwirpts.htm for historical data, 1985 through 2014.
Convictions data are most recent, as reported in the NM MVD Citation Tracking System (CTS) as of October 2020.