Table 21
Robbery
by State, Types of Weapons, 2017
| State |
Total robberies1 |
Firearms |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Other weapons |
Strong- arm |
Agency count |
Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 3,190 | 1,895 | 137 | 376 | 782 | 242 | 4,175,710 |
| Alaska | 949 | 294 | 88 | 134 | 433 | 32 | 736,205 |
| Arizona | 7,312 | 3,115 | 826 | 782 | 2,589 | 97 | 6,732,019 |
| Arkansas | 1,813 | 968 | 104 | 161 | 580 | 265 | 2,774,792 |
| California | 56,590 | 15,343 | 5,276 | 6,502 | 29,469 | 729 | 39,379,687 |
| Colorado | 3,734 | 1,615 | 326 | 434 | 1,359 | 202 | 5,221,193 |
| Connecticut | 2,813 | 936 | 308 | 263 | 1,306 | 106 | 3,569,335 |
| Delaware | 1,082 | 488 | 96 | 82 | 416 | 61 | 961,939 |
| District of Columbia | 2,623 | 946 | 209 | 187 | 1,281 | 3 | 693,972 |
| Florida | 18,584 | 7,724 | 1,174 | 1,706 | 7,980 | 603 | 20,971,216 |
| Georgia | 9,640 | 5,690 | 327 | 858 | 2,765 | 484 | 9,793,925 |
| Hawaii | 1,077 | 167 | 114 | 122 | 674 | 4 | 1,427,538 |
| Idaho | 182 | 61 | 30 | 24 | 67 | 82 | 1,533,625 |
| Illinois2 | 427 | 217 | 22 | 45 | 143 | 1 | 146,770 |
| Indiana | 5,913 | 3,000 | 292 | 536 | 2,085 | 206 | 4,497,992 |
| Iowa | 1,204 | 532 | 95 | 132 | 445 | 200 | 2,839,614 |
| Kansas | 1,345 | 657 | 113 | 119 | 456 | 226 | 2,325,762 |
| Kentucky | 2,946 | 1,332 | 231 | 333 | 1,050 | 331 | 4,330,642 |
| Louisiana | 5,213 | 2,816 | 236 | 382 | 1,779 | 185 | 4,439,478 |
| Maine | 249 | 56 | 30 | 30 | 133 | 135 | 1,335,907 |
| Maryland | 11,125 | 5,002 | 1,047 | 958 | 4,118 | 146 | 5,810,386 |
| Massachusetts | 4,788 | 1,227 | 875 | 1,012 | 1,674 | 328 | 6,646,961 |
| Michigan | 6,449 | 2,992 | 367 | 576 | 2,514 | 619 | 9,803,009 |
| Minnesota | 3,619 | 1,199 | 251 | 571 | 1,598 | 387 | 5,539,575 |
| Mississippi | 1,264 | 806 | 49 | 121 | 288 | 69 | 1,482,371 |
| Missouri | 6,314 | 3,725 | 335 | 430 | 1,824 | 560 | 5,993,489 |
| Montana | 295 | 72 | 27 | 48 | 148 | 107 | 1,048,283 |
| Nebraska | 670 | 403 | 47 | 37 | 183 | 54 | 764,921 |
| Nevada | 4,841 | 2,154 | 443 | 561 | 1,683 | 57 | 2,998,039 |
| New Hampshire | 409 | 82 | 53 | 42 | 232 | 176 | 1,292,643 |
| New Jersey | 7,895 | 2,718 | 665 | 502 | 4,010 | 576 | 9,005,644 |
| New Mexico | 3,617 | 1,916 | 410 | 351 | 940 | 115 | 1,858,425 |
| New York | 19,946 | 3,806 | 2,391 | 1,952 | 11,797 | 525 | 19,173,006 |
| North Carolina | 7,161 | 4,018 | 469 | 624 | 2,050 | 277 | 7,655,991 |
| North Dakota | 182 | 41 | 24 | 30 | 87 | 106 | 749,938 |
| Ohio | 10,869 | 3,395 | 462 | 801 | 6,211 | 458 | 9,718,364 |
| Oklahoma | 2,995 | 1,449 | 257 | 231 | 1,058 | 394 | 3,872,459 |
| Oregon | 2,333 | 515 | 280 | 323 | 1,215 | 145 | 3,751,984 |
| Pennsylvania | 11,707 | 4,816 | 865 | 731 | 5,295 | 1,452 | 12,586,674 |
| Rhode Island | 474 | 125 | 87 | 51 | 211 | 49 | 1,059,639 |
| South Carolina | 3,378 | 1,946 | 241 | 252 | 939 | 350 | 4,075,266 |
| South Dakota | 224 | 68 | 25 | 31 | 100 | 76 | 732,566 |
| Tennessee | 7,823 | 4,489 | 419 | 956 | 1,959 | 458 | 6,609,070 |
| Texas | 31,526 | 17,752 | 2,201 | 2,554 | 9,019 | 951 | 26,883,394 |
| Utah | 1,448 | 438 | 202 | 151 | 657 | 122 | 2,956,234 |
| Vermont | 91 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 38 | 71 | 597,819 |
| Virginia | 3,774 | 1,968 | 343 | 297 | 1,166 | 394 | 8,118,165 |
| Washington | 5,161 | 1,289 | 518 | 659 | 2,695 | 237 | 7,259,162 |
| West Virginia | 460 | 161 | 50 | 70 | 179 | 183 | 1,321,158 |
| Wisconsin | 4,337 | 2,274 | 253 | 400 | 1,410 | 430 | 5,739,270 |
| Wyoming | 75 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 36 | 55 | 550,712 |
- 1 The number of robberies from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2017 for which breakdowns by type of weapon were included.
- 2 Limited data were received.
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