Table 13
Robbery
by State, Types of Weapons, 2016
State |
Total robberies1 |
Firearms |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Other weapons |
Strong- arm |
Agency count |
Population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | 4,415 | 2,876 | 143 | 369 | 1,027 | 264 | 4,392,449 |
Alaska | 848 | 242 | 81 | 116 | 409 | 32 | 738,566 |
Arizona | 6,882 | 3,002 | 802 | 716 | 2,362 | 90 | 6,514,042 |
Arkansas | 2,045 | 1,096 | 120 | 176 | 653 | 272 | 2,827,056 |
California | 54,762 | 15,489 | 5,207 | 6,063 | 28,003 | 732 | 39,209,622 |
Colorado | 3,432 | 1,357 | 349 | 433 | 1,293 | 197 | 5,109,023 |
Connecticut | 2,696 | 896 | 294 | 227 | 1,279 | 103 | 3,500,401 |
Delaware | 1,359 | 648 | 99 | 101 | 511 | 56 | 950,787 |
District of Columbia | 3,480 | 1,430 | 273 | 225 | 1,552 | 3 | 681,170 |
Florida | 20,132 | 8,717 | 1,299 | 1,914 | 8,202 | 668 | 20,566,240 |
Georgia | 11,935 | 7,409 | 425 | 931 | 3,170 | 504 | 9,639,636 |
Hawaii | 994 | 162 | 93 | 135 | 604 | 4 | 1,428,557 |
Idaho | 209 | 56 | 36 | 32 | 85 | 108 | 1,680,830 |
Illinois2 | 536 | 307 | 24 | 48 | 157 | 1 | 147,363 |
Indiana | 6,883 | 3,420 | 360 | 586 | 2,517 | 217 | 4,663,407 |
Iowa | 1,131 | 482 | 87 | 115 | 447 | 207 | 2,867,132 |
Kansas | 1,248 | 607 | 98 | 97 | 446 | 227 | 2,211,329 |
Kentucky | 3,369 | 1,664 | 238 | 330 | 1,137 | 420 | 4,424,357 |
Louisiana | 5,514 | 2,976 | 238 | 419 | 1,881 | 187 | 4,553,790 |
Maine | 266 | 59 | 40 | 34 | 133 | 197 | 1,331,479 |
Maryland | 9,660 | 4,008 | 1,029 | 732 | 3,891 | 148 | 5,312,551 |
Massachusetts | 5,247 | 1,357 | 977 | 930 | 1,983 | 346 | 6,477,104 |
Michigan | 7,067 | 3,286 | 400 | 579 | 2,802 | 613 | 9,757,748 |
Minnesota | 3,725 | 1,193 | 288 | 588 | 1,656 | 377 | 5,519,952 |
Mississippi | 1,570 | 1,043 | 74 | 134 | 319 | 71 | 1,565,661 |
Missouri | 6,481 | 3,508 | 323 | 440 | 2,210 | 576 | 5,939,159 |
Montana | 266 | 70 | 32 | 49 | 115 | 106 | 1,036,405 |
Nebraska | 940 | 477 | 68 | 70 | 325 | 224 | 1,820,419 |
Nevada | 6,340 | 2,433 | 551 | 651 | 2,705 | 52 | 2,940,058 |
New Hampshire | 415 | 83 | 75 | 41 | 216 | 174 | 1,275,170 |
New Jersey | 8,934 | 3,157 | 782 | 579 | 4,416 | 569 | 8,944,469 |
New Mexico | 2,697 | 1,171 | 379 | 304 | 843 | 104 | 1,906,995 |
New York | 22,247 | 4,648 | 2,387 | 2,122 | 13,090 | 549 | 19,508,097 |
North Carolina | 5,543 | 2,993 | 370 | 420 | 1,760 | 275 | 6,638,699 |
North Dakota | 181 | 34 | 29 | 28 | 90 | 106 | 753,138 |
Ohio | 11,576 | 3,497 | 517 | 766 | 6,796 | 472 | 9,736,188 |
Oklahoma | 3,150 | 1,513 | 275 | 235 | 1,127 | 341 | 3,833,107 |
Oregon | 2,194 | 521 | 220 | 251 | 1,202 | 180 | 3,681,279 |
Pennsylvania | 11,764 | 5,077 | 786 | 780 | 5,121 | 1,241 | 11,691,589 |
Rhode Island | 480 | 128 | 79 | 53 | 220 | 46 | 983,740 |
South Carolina | 3,871 | 2,147 | 254 | 286 | 1,184 | 434 | 4,794,988 |
South Dakota | 252 | 71 | 27 | 34 | 120 | 108 | 791,627 |
Tennessee | 7,770 | 4,410 | 460 | 927 | 1,973 | 462 | 6,610,985 |
Texas | 33,015 | 18,312 | 2,275 | 2,733 | 9,695 | 984 | 27,340,228 |
Utah | 1,505 | 463 | 199 | 167 | 676 | 116 | 2,937,596 |
Vermont | 48 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 46 | 348,314 |
Virginia | 4,765 | 2,593 | 314 | 433 | 1,425 | 413 | 8,406,696 |
Washington | 5,596 | 1,431 | 546 | 601 | 3,018 | 236 | 7,263,284 |
West Virginia | 497 | 176 | 69 | 76 | 176 | 301 | 1,380,643 |
Wisconsin | 4,698 | 2,557 | 222 | 393 | 1,526 | 413 | 5,730,771 |
Wyoming | 58 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 55 | 556,446 |
- 1 The number of robberies from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2016 for which breakdowns by type of weapon were included.
- 2 Limited data were received.
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