Aggravated Assault

by State, Types of Weapons, 2015

State	Total aggravated assaults¹	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Personal weapons	Agency count	Population
Alabama	14,365	3,216	1,700	7,892	1,557	256	4,347,946
Alaska	3,652	716	701	1,049	1,186	32	734,820
Arizona	17,650	4,242	2,774	4,375	6,259	105	6,748,833
Arkansas	10,577	3,114	1,477	2,067	3,919	258	2,695,301
California	98,640	18,140	17,039	33,832	29,629	735	38,983,164
Colorado	10,352	3,142	2,598	2,582	2,030	191	5,131,355
Connecticut	3,351	484	744	1,134	989	102	3,405,742
Delaware	3,081	930	604	1,148	399	60	945,934
District of Columbia	4,133	1,016	1,175	1,407	535	3	672,228
Florida	63,738	17,099	11,300	21,564	13,775	673	20,222,616
Georgia	19,666	7,003	2,983	4,920	4,760	451	9,062,259
Hawaii	1,554	117	332	538	567	2	1,164,233
Idaho	2,583	483	437	840	823	107	1,647,895
Illinois²	1,678	974	143	256	305	1	148,178
Indiana	13,577	2,790	1,370	3,690	5,727	268	5,294,857
Iowa	6,152	820	907	1,159	3,266	186	2,689,608
Kansas	7,014	2,352	1,489	1,850	1,323	230	2,503,857
Kentucky	4,664	1,289	787	1,657	931	390	4,386,899
Louisiana	16,718	4,556	2,479	4,691	4,992	191	4,353,824
Maine	921	53	124	204	540	184	1,329,328
Maryland	11,615	2,164	3,012	4,032	2,407	141	4,510,576
Massachusetts	17,309	1,920	3,761	7,729	3,899	326	6,229,960
Michigan	25,838	6,695	4,964	8,777	5,402	599	9,438,412
Minnesota	7,069	1,444	1,304	1,819	2,502	385	5,486,285
Mississippi	2,180	767	321	534	558	69	1,377,998
Missouri	20,465	6,815	2,633	5,349	5,668	595	6,022,304
Montana	2,658	425	379	864	990	99	959,340
Nebraska	3,108	659	573	987	889	217	1,797,890
Nevada	11,960	2,090	2,273	5,389	2,208	49	2,890,845
New Hampshire	1,386	267	340	306	473	163	1,223,429
New Jersey	10,304	1,648	2,250	3,299	3,107	564	8,661,959
New Mexico	8,775	1,996	1,465	2,508	2,806	102	1,918,112
New York	43,938	5,138	11,061	12,960	14,779	539	19,290,785
North Carolina	17,474	7,582	2,824	3,649	3,419	295	7,746,842
North Dakota	1,196	49	172	299	676	107	745,699
Ohio	11,665	3,897	2,155	3,528	2,085	443	8,911,892
Oklahoma	11,171	2,522	1,879	3,710	3,060	310	3,653,067
Oregon	3,022	311	465	924	1,322	170	1,949,471
Pennsylvania	20,834	4,470	3,220	5,065	8,079	1,264	11,944,992
Rhode Island	1,518	344	388	472	314	49	1,056,298
South Carolina	16,280	6,241	2,735	4,024	3,280	418	4,498,982
South Dakota	1,820	293	450	491	586	116	790,395
Tennessee	29,724	9,855	5,281	10,893	3,695	432	6,544,994
Texas	67,216	18,051	13,728	22,008	13,429	980	27,293,812
Utah	3,473	599	936	1,117	821	125	2,737,245
Vermont	484	72	102	76	234	73	605,265
Virginia	9,175	2,596	1,667	2,524	2,388	405	8,335,068
Washington	11,878	2,130	1,871	3,971	3,906	247	7,155,719
West Virginia	3,466	804	454	900	1,308	198	1,159,784
Wisconsin	10,235	2,841	1,176	2,087	4,131	392	5,533,433
Wyoming	1,013	102	165	261	485	57	562,162

¹The number of aggravated assaults from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2015 for which breakdowns by type of weapon were included.
² Limited data were received.

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