Table 21
Robbery
by State, Types of Weapons, 2011
| State |
Total robberies1 |
Firearms |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Other weapons |
Strong- arm |
Agency count |
Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 3,106 | 1,781 | 161 | 317 | 847 | 300 | 3,967,912 |
| Alaska | 573 | 130 | 45 | 43 | 355 | 33 | 714,559 |
| Arizona | 7,057 | 3,156 | 671 | 657 | 2,573 | 106 | 6,281,875 |
| Arkansas | 2,210 | 1,138 | 108 | 195 | 769 | 212 | 2,504,030 |
| California | 54,227 | 16,146 | 4,787 | 4,865 | 28,429 | 733 | 37,571,959 |
| Colorado | 3,229 | 1,248 | 299 | 400 | 1,282 | 194 | 4,848,878 |
| Connecticut | 3,588 | 1,211 | 361 | 290 | 1,726 | 102 | 3,474,899 |
| Delaware | 1,538 | 632 | 120 | 140 | 646 | 55 | 907,135 |
| District of Columbia | 4,093 | 1,499 | 235 | 183 | 2,176 | 2 | 617,996 |
| Florida | 25,615 | 10,769 | 1,575 | 2,282 | 10,989 | 678 | 19,052,717 |
| Georgia | 11,897 | 6,819 | 478 | 1,137 | 3,463 | 483 | 9,408,130 |
| Idaho | 152 | 51 | 24 | 17 | 60 | 104 | 1,493,662 |
| Illinois2 | 566 | 291 | 48 | 44 | 183 | 1 | 153,331 |
| Indiana | 6,372 | 2,953 | 390 | 560 | 2,469 | 298 | 5,557,234 |
| Iowa | 802 | 196 | 87 | 105 | 414 | 184 | 2,682,969 |
| Kansas | 1,421 | 652 | 133 | 128 | 508 | 256 | 2,622,476 |
| Kentucky | 3,653 | 1,688 | 311 | 383 | 1,271 | 362 | 4,244,419 |
| Louisiana | 4,841 | 2,512 | 207 | 362 | 1,760 | 151 | 3,957,239 |
| Maine | 369 | 77 | 72 | 44 | 176 | 168 | 1,328,188 |
| Maryland | 10,324 | 4,611 | 965 | 586 | 4,162 | 155 | 5,784,364 |
| Massachusetts | 6,564 | 1,680 | 1,329 | 786 | 2,769 | 315 | 6,034,456 |
| Michigan | 9,867 | 4,972 | 459 | 750 | 3,686 | 516 | 8,886,852 |
| Minnesota | 3,363 | 1,051 | 238 | 480 | 1,594 | 311 | 5,226,982 |
| Mississippi | 1,892 | 1,111 | 89 | 190 | 502 | 108 | 1,849,412 |
| Missouri | 6,243 | 3,122 | 319 | 441 | 2,361 | 602 | 5,950,416 |
| Montana | 151 | 35 | 17 | 20 | 79 | 101 | 926,672 |
| Nebraska | 988 | 427 | 86 | 65 | 410 | 215 | 1,678,460 |
| Nevada | 4,252 | 1,703 | 379 | 322 | 1,848 | 42 | 2,440,815 |
| New Hampshire | 450 | 111 | 57 | 64 | 218 | 140 | 1,129,726 |
| New Jersey | 12,118 | 4,368 | 937 | 769 | 6,044 | 573 | 8,759,125 |
| New Mexico | 1,707 | 703 | 225 | 151 | 628 | 101 | 2,011,134 |
| New York | 8,496 | 2,516 | 826 | 939 | 4,215 | 532 | 10,807,465 |
| North Carolina | 8,443 | 4,221 | 591 | 760 | 2,871 | 369 | 8,664,157 |
| North Dakota | 90 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 82 | 646,511 |
| Ohio | 14,937 | 6,358 | 748 | 1,324 | 6,507 | 464 | 9,714,166 |
| Oklahoma | 3,253 | 1,540 | 264 | 249 | 1,200 | 331 | 3,597,339 |
| Oregon | 2,206 | 557 | 245 | 205 | 1,199 | 161 | 3,823,231 |
| Pennsylvania | 15,473 | 6,483 | 1,117 | 947 | 6,926 | 1,196 | 11,853,574 |
| Rhode Island | 326 | 111 | 49 | 33 | 133 | 48 | 873,472 |
| South Carolina | 4,031 | 2,182 | 258 | 371 | 1,220 | 249 | 4,122,555 |
| South Dakota | 162 | 36 | 20 | 24 | 82 | 122 | 732,933 |
| Tennessee | 7,975 | 4,532 | 477 | 637 | 2,329 | 448 | 6,218,332 |
| Texas | 26,247 | 12,058 | 2,306 | 2,356 | 9,527 | 1,024 | 24,016,516 |
| Utah | 1,059 | 295 | 135 | 107 | 522 | 122 | 2,687,404 |
| Vermont | 68 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 65 | 531,937 |
| Virginia | 5,417 | 2,856 | 371 | 521 | 1,669 | 323 | 8,066,841 |
| Washington | 5,409 | 1,310 | 507 | 491 | 3,101 | 248 | 6,322,393 |
| West Virginia | 685 | 241 | 81 | 68 | 295 | 247 | 1,498,772 |
| Wisconsin | 4,443 | 2,393 | 212 | 387 | 1,451 | 366 | 5,456,018 |
| Wyoming | 71 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 62 | 548,033 |
- 1 The number of robberies from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2011 for which breakdowns by type of weapon were included.
- 2 Limited data were received.
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