Table 14
Aggravated Assault
by State, Types of Weapons, 2016
| State |
Total aggravated assaults1 |
Firearms |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Other weapons |
Personal weapons |
Agency count |
Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 17,364 | 3,994 | 1,762 | 10,068 | 1,540 | 264 | 4,392,449 |
| Alaska | 3,992 | 883 | 750 | 1,224 | 1,135 | 32 | 738,566 |
| Arizona | 19,232 | 5,024 | 2,822 | 4,559 | 6,827 | 90 | 6,514,042 |
| Arkansas | 11,385 | 3,884 | 1,662 | 2,564 | 3,275 | 272 | 2,827,056 |
| California | 104,295 | 20,633 | 17,156 | 36,031 | 30,475 | 732 | 39,209,622 |
| Colorado | 11,271 | 3,590 | 2,651 | 2,778 | 2,252 | 197 | 5,109,023 |
| Connecticut | 4,558 | 746 | 1,053 | 1,579 | 1,180 | 103 | 3,500,401 |
| Delaware | 3,120 | 1,054 | 596 | 1,095 | 375 | 56 | 950,787 |
| District of Columbia | 4,063 | 1,057 | 1,181 | 1,341 | 484 | 3 | 681,170 |
| Florida | 59,678 | 17,506 | 10,874 | 21,084 | 10,214 | 668 | 20,566,240 |
| Georgia | 22,896 | 8,329 | 3,204 | 5,867 | 5,496 | 504 | 9,639,636 |
| Hawaii | 2,769 | 180 | 424 | 1,074 | 1,091 | 4 | 1,428,557 |
| Idaho | 2,866 | 613 | 464 | 838 | 951 | 108 | 1,680,830 |
| Illinois2 | 1,745 | 955 | 184 | 278 | 328 | 1 | 147,363 |
| Indiana | 14,225 | 3,233 | 1,506 | 3,876 | 5,610 | 217 | 4,663,407 |
| Iowa | 6,321 | 920 | 978 | 1,260 | 3,163 | 207 | 2,867,132 |
| Kansas | 6,441 | 2,223 | 1,282 | 1,652 | 1,284 | 227 | 2,211,329 |
| Kentucky | 5,035 | 1,714 | 662 | 1,829 | 830 | 420 | 4,424,357 |
| Louisiana | 18,173 | 5,284 | 2,803 | 4,958 | 5,128 | 187 | 4,553,790 |
| Maine | 948 | 74 | 160 | 218 | 496 | 197 | 1,331,479 |
| Maryland | 14,595 | 2,474 | 3,420 | 5,387 | 3,314 | 148 | 5,312,551 |
| Massachusetts | 17,289 | 1,940 | 3,935 | 7,504 | 3,910 | 346 | 6,477,104 |
| Michigan | 30,387 | 8,401 | 5,521 | 10,177 | 6,288 | 613 | 9,757,748 |
| Minnesota | 7,028 | 1,635 | 1,239 | 1,739 | 2,415 | 377 | 5,519,952 |
| Mississippi | 2,469 | 902 | 340 | 593 | 634 | 71 | 1,565,661 |
| Missouri | 21,610 | 7,914 | 2,563 | 5,792 | 5,341 | 576 | 5,939,159 |
| Montana | 2,948 | 477 | 399 | 964 | 1,108 | 106 | 1,036,405 |
| Nebraska | 3,409 | 763 | 641 | 1,077 | 928 | 224 | 1,820,419 |
| Nevada | 11,557 | 2,445 | 2,122 | 4,806 | 2,184 | 52 | 2,940,058 |
| New Hampshire | 1,546 | 302 | 375 | 323 | 546 | 174 | 1,275,170 |
| New Jersey | 11,075 | 2,196 | 2,313 | 3,741 | 2,825 | 569 | 8,944,469 |
| New Mexico | 9,104 | 2,092 | 1,627 | 2,775 | 2,610 | 104 | 1,906,995 |
| New York | 44,896 | 4,943 | 11,305 | 13,527 | 15,121 | 549 | 19,508,097 |
| North Carolina | 15,209 | 6,878 | 2,355 | 3,118 | 2,858 | 275 | 6,638,699 |
| North Dakota | 1,207 | 60 | 143 | 285 | 719 | 106 | 753,138 |
| Ohio | 14,648 | 5,339 | 2,608 | 4,218 | 2,483 | 472 | 9,736,188 |
| Oklahoma | 12,086 | 2,827 | 2,080 | 3,970 | 3,209 | 341 | 3,833,107 |
| Oregon | 6,061 | 904 | 1,095 | 1,981 | 2,081 | 180 | 3,681,279 |
| Pennsylvania | 20,817 | 4,731 | 3,033 | 4,977 | 8,076 | 1,241 | 11,691,589 |
| Rhode Island | 1,312 | 268 | 399 | 385 | 260 | 46 | 983,740 |
| South Carolina | 17,360 | 7,186 | 2,831 | 4,198 | 3,145 | 434 | 4,794,988 |
| South Dakota | 2,176 | 235 | 451 | 551 | 939 | 108 | 791,627 |
| Tennessee | 30,777 | 10,924 | 5,361 | 11,120 | 3,372 | 462 | 6,610,985 |
| Texas | 71,583 | 21,222 | 14,482 | 22,677 | 13,202 | 984 | 27,340,228 |
| Utah | 4,057 | 849 | 1,027 | 1,210 | 971 | 116 | 2,937,596 |
| Vermont | 302 | 39 | 59 | 53 | 151 | 46 | 348,314 |
| Virginia | 10,239 | 3,229 | 1,787 | 2,701 | 2,522 | 413 | 8,406,696 |
| Washington | 12,907 | 2,708 | 1,987 | 4,012 | 4,200 | 236 | 7,263,284 |
| West Virginia | 4,004 | 1,025 | 536 | 929 | 1,514 | 301 | 1,380,643 |
| Wisconsin | 10,729 | 2,824 | 1,175 | 2,324 | 4,406 | 413 | 5,730,771 |
| Wyoming | 1,087 | 90 | 159 | 257 | 581 | 55 | 556,446 |
- 1 The number of aggravated assaults 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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