Table 22
Aggravated Assault
by State, Types of Weapons, 2017
| State |
Total aggravated assaults1 |
Firearms |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Other weapons |
Personal weapons |
Agency count |
Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 15,072 | 2,872 | 1,589 | 9,182 | 1,429 | 242 | 4,175,710 |
| Alaska | 4,236 | 1,015 | 712 | 1,314 | 1,195 | 32 | 736,205 |
| Arizona | 22,279 | 5,410 | 3,214 | 5,203 | 8,452 | 97 | 6,732,019 |
| Arkansas | 11,822 | 4,311 | 1,555 | 2,536 | 3,420 | 265 | 2,774,792 |
| California | 104,181 | 19,143 | 17,111 | 36,546 | 31,381 | 729 | 39,379,687 |
| Colorado | 12,237 | 3,919 | 2,950 | 2,997 | 2,371 | 202 | 5,221,193 |
| Connecticut | 4,424 | 700 | 1,000 | 1,544 | 1,180 | 106 | 3,569,335 |
| Delaware | 2,891 | 953 | 569 | 1,070 | 299 | 61 | 961,939 |
| District of Columbia | 3,791 | 937 | 1,048 | 1,327 | 479 | 3 | 693,972 |
| Florida | 57,986 | 17,697 | 10,415 | 20,289 | 9,585 | 603 | 20,971,216 |
| Georgia | 22,130 | 7,907 | 3,132 | 5,815 | 5,276 | 484 | 9,793,925 |
| Hawaii | 1,894 | 180 | 448 | 652 | 614 | 4 | 1,427,538 |
| Idaho | 2,735 | 508 | 459 | 774 | 994 | 82 | 1,533,625 |
| Illinois2 | 1,773 | 1,036 | 146 | 260 | 331 | 1 | 146,770 |
| Indiana | 14,364 | 3,372 | 1,452 | 3,998 | 5,542 | 206 | 4,497,992 |
| Iowa | 6,160 | 921 | 946 | 1,279 | 3,014 | 200 | 2,839,614 |
| Kansas | 7,107 | 2,484 | 1,315 | 1,884 | 1,424 | 226 | 2,325,762 |
| Kentucky | 5,141 | 1,861 | 730 | 1,772 | 778 | 331 | 4,330,642 |
| Louisiana | 17,410 | 5,690 | 2,546 | 4,539 | 4,635 | 185 | 4,439,478 |
| Maine | 872 | 79 | 143 | 257 | 393 | 135 | 1,335,907 |
| Maryland | 16,528 | 2,933 | 3,552 | 6,384 | 3,659 | 146 | 5,810,386 |
| Massachusetts | 16,887 | 1,856 | 3,643 | 7,464 | 3,924 | 328 | 6,646,961 |
| Michigan | 30,457 | 8,591 | 5,314 | 10,182 | 6,370 | 619 | 9,803,009 |
| Minnesota | 7,091 | 1,640 | 1,229 | 1,793 | 2,429 | 387 | 5,539,575 |
| Mississippi | 2,650 | 996 | 327 | 620 | 707 | 69 | 1,482,371 |
| Missouri | 22,213 | 8,810 | 2,453 | 5,590 | 5,360 | 560 | 5,993,489 |
| Montana | 3,003 | 453 | 387 | 1,065 | 1,098 | 107 | 1,048,283 |
| Nebraska | 2,143 | 715 | 402 | 714 | 312 | 54 | 764,921 |
| Nevada | 9,651 | 2,579 | 2,025 | 2,954 | 2,093 | 57 | 2,998,039 |
| New Hampshire | 1,521 | 368 | 341 | 347 | 465 | 176 | 1,292,643 |
| New Jersey | 10,880 | 2,204 | 2,132 | 3,634 | 2,910 | 576 | 9,005,644 |
| New Mexico | 10,855 | 2,568 | 1,739 | 2,816 | 3,732 | 115 | 1,858,425 |
| New York | 43,350 | 4,608 | 10,837 | 13,292 | 14,613 | 525 | 19,173,006 |
| North Carolina | 18,990 | 8,676 | 2,822 | 3,984 | 3,508 | 277 | 7,655,991 |
| North Dakota | 1,430 | 46 | 178 | 414 | 792 | 106 | 749,938 |
| Ohio | 15,191 | 5,991 | 2,856 | 4,263 | 2,081 | 458 | 9,718,364 |
| Oklahoma | 12,443 | 2,786 | 1,991 | 4,156 | 3,510 | 394 | 3,872,459 |
| Oregon | 6,627 | 1,033 | 1,184 | 2,169 | 2,241 | 145 | 3,751,984 |
| Pennsylvania | 23,144 | 4,751 | 3,240 | 5,119 | 10,034 | 1,452 | 12,586,674 |
| Rhode Island | 1,521 | 298 | 417 | 490 | 316 | 49 | 1,059,639 |
| South Carolina | 15,666 | 6,725 | 2,433 | 3,741 | 2,767 | 350 | 4,075,266 |
| South Dakota | 2,697 | 217 | 451 | 586 | 1,443 | 76 | 732,566 |
| Tennessee | 32,148 | 12,019 | 5,689 | 11,476 | 2,964 | 458 | 6,609,070 |
| Texas | 71,942 | 22,234 | 14,195 | 22,760 | 12,753 | 951 | 26,883,394 |
| Utah | 3,992 | 760 | 974 | 1,176 | 1,082 | 122 | 2,956,234 |
| Vermont | 701 | 64 | 132 | 85 | 420 | 71 | 597,819 |
| Virginia | 9,244 | 2,854 | 1,501 | 2,453 | 2,436 | 394 | 8,118,165 |
| Washington | 13,254 | 2,871 | 2,073 | 3,842 | 4,468 | 237 | 7,259,162 |
| West Virginia | 4,187 | 1,191 | 485 | 937 | 1,574 | 183 | 1,321,158 |
| Wisconsin | 11,873 | 3,247 | 1,279 | 2,530 | 4,817 | 430 | 5,739,270 |
| Wyoming | 972 | 115 | 136 | 195 | 526 | 55 | 550,712 |
- 1 The number of aggravated assaults from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2017 for which breakdowns by type of weapon were included.
- 2 Limited data were received.
Data Declaration
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