Table 22
Aggravated Assault
by State, Types of Weapons, 2011
| State |
Total aggravated assaults1 |
Firearms |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Other weapons |
Personal weapons |
Agency count |
Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 10,046 | 1,607 | 1,545 | 4,606 | 2,288 | 300 | 3,967,912 |
| Alaska | 3,322 | 575 | 600 | 867 | 1,280 | 33 | 714,559 |
| Arizona | 15,247 | 3,603 | 2,619 | 4,553 | 4,472 | 106 | 6,281,875 |
| Arkansas | 9,398 | 2,518 | 1,498 | 1,967 | 3,415 | 212 | 2,504,030 |
| California | 91,035 | 17,055 | 14,818 | 30,474 | 28,688 | 733 | 37,571,959 |
| Colorado | 10,277 | 2,217 | 2,254 | 3,165 | 2,641 | 194 | 4,848,878 |
| Connecticut | 5,106 | 697 | 1,091 | 1,891 | 1,427 | 102 | 3,474,899 |
| Delaware | 3,207 | 738 | 752 | 1,347 | 370 | 55 | 907,135 |
| District of Columbia | 3,055 | 542 | 967 | 1,008 | 538 | 2 | 617,996 |
| Florida | 66,299 | 13,153 | 11,635 | 24,590 | 16,921 | 678 | 19,052,717 |
| Georgia | 20,935 | 5,517 | 3,797 | 6,046 | 5,575 | 483 | 9,408,130 |
| Idaho | 2,204 | 350 | 402 | 770 | 682 | 104 | 1,493,662 |
| Illinois2 | 1,407 | 677 | 206 | 271 | 253 | 1 | 153,331 |
| Indiana | 11,666 | 1,662 | 1,503 | 3,267 | 5,234 | 298 | 5,557,234 |
| Iowa | 5,702 | 589 | 990 | 1,286 | 2,837 | 184 | 2,682,969 |
| Kansas | 7,039 | 2,016 | 1,570 | 2,075 | 1,378 | 256 | 2,622,476 |
| Kentucky | 5,031 | 1,067 | 876 | 1,905 | 1,183 | 362 | 4,244,419 |
| Louisiana | 15,386 | 3,938 | 2,553 | 4,696 | 4,199 | 151 | 3,957,239 |
| Maine | 848 | 60 | 177 | 281 | 330 | 168 | 1,328,188 |
| Maryland | 16,780 | 2,382 | 4,424 | 6,392 | 3,582 | 155 | 5,784,364 |
| Massachusetts | 18,587 | 2,003 | 4,494 | 9,104 | 2,986 | 315 | 6,034,456 |
| Michigan | 26,541 | 7,679 | 5,477 | 9,380 | 4,005 | 516 | 8,886,852 |
| Minnesota | 6,375 | 1,177 | 1,158 | 1,656 | 2,384 | 311 | 5,226,982 |
| Mississippi | 3,048 | 956 | 415 | 738 | 939 | 108 | 1,849,412 |
| Missouri | 18,526 | 5,290 | 2,492 | 4,896 | 5,848 | 602 | 5,950,416 |
| Montana | 1,915 | 269 | 258 | 596 | 792 | 101 | 926,672 |
| Nebraska | 2,814 | 568 | 485 | 892 | 869 | 215 | 1,678,460 |
| Nevada | 8,634 | 1,301 | 1,671 | 4,020 | 1,642 | 42 | 2,440,815 |
| New Hampshire | 1,435 | 171 | 409 | 330 | 525 | 140 | 1,129,726 |
| New Jersey | 13,442 | 2,360 | 2,983 | 4,035 | 4,064 | 573 | 8,759,125 |
| New Mexico | 8,813 | 1,755 | 1,632 | 2,582 | 2,844 | 101 | 2,011,134 |
| New York | 15,345 | 2,168 | 4,908 | 4,226 | 4,043 | 532 | 10,807,465 |
| North Carolina | 19,578 | 5,843 | 3,956 | 5,244 | 4,535 | 369 | 8,664,157 |
| North Dakota | 1,261 | 31 | 132 | 247 | 851 | 82 | 646,511 |
| Ohio | 13,679 | 3,688 | 2,464 | 4,702 | 2,825 | 464 | 9,714,166 |
| Oklahoma | 12,086 | 2,089 | 1,941 | 4,270 | 3,786 | 331 | 3,597,339 |
| Oregon | 5,842 | 671 | 1,120 | 1,926 | 2,125 | 161 | 3,823,231 |
| Pennsylvania | 23,575 | 4,675 | 3,696 | 5,690 | 9,514 | 1,196 | 11,853,574 |
| Rhode Island | 869 | 156 | 263 | 327 | 123 | 48 | 873,472 |
| South Carolina | 17,260 | 5,272 | 3,214 | 4,837 | 3,937 | 249 | 4,122,555 |
| South Dakota | 1,282 | 151 | 467 | 306 | 358 | 122 | 732,933 |
| Tennessee | 27,818 | 8,555 | 5,696 | 10,600 | 2,967 | 448 | 6,218,332 |
| Texas | 63,330 | 13,998 | 14,296 | 21,559 | 13,477 | 1,024 | 24,016,516 |
| Utah | 3,367 | 573 | 876 | 1,145 | 773 | 122 | 2,687,404 |
| Vermont | 502 | 67 | 100 | 92 | 243 | 65 | 531,937 |
| Virginia | 8,605 | 1,722 | 2,015 | 2,865 | 2,003 | 323 | 8,066,841 |
| Washington | 11,496 | 1,798 | 2,043 | 3,553 | 4,102 | 248 | 6,322,393 |
| West Virginia | 3,577 | 780 | 500 | 1,001 | 1,296 | 247 | 1,498,772 |
| Wisconsin | 7,613 | 1,495 | 751 | 1,523 | 3,844 | 366 | 5,456,018 |
| Wyoming | 964 | 112 | 191 | 261 | 400 | 62 | 548,033 |
- 1 The number of aggravated assaults from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2011 for which breakdowns by type of weapon were included.
- 2 Limited data were received.
Data Declaration
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