Table 21
Robbery
by State, Types of Weapons, 2018
State |
Total robberies1 |
Firearms |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Other weapons |
Strong- arm |
Agency count |
Population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | 3,311 | 2,145 | 111 | 324 | 731 | 203 | 3,625,366 |
Alaska | 896 | 242 | 99 | 127 | 428 | 32 | 733,747 |
Arizona | 6,331 | 2,530 | 774 | 734 | 2,293 | 92 | 6,572,138 |
Arkansas | 1,457 | 724 | 110 | 144 | 479 | 237 | 2,593,420 |
California | 54,311 | 13,503 | 5,031 | 6,535 | 29,242 | 736 | 39,549,496 |
Colorado | 3,483 | 1,530 | 306 | 432 | 1,215 | 186 | 5,028,003 |
Connecticut | 2,194 | 651 | 277 | 230 | 1,036 | 106 | 3,572,665 |
Delaware | 866 | 349 | 59 | 73 | 385 | 52 | 964,106 |
District of Columbia | 2,415 | 964 | 217 | 159 | 1,075 | 3 | 702,455 |
Florida | 16,874 | 6,685 | 1,168 | 1,622 | 7,399 | 671 | 21,279,120 |
Georgia | 6,766 | 3,873 | 251 | 589 | 2,053 | 447 | 8,454,996 |
Hawaii | 857 | 115 | 90 | 158 | 494 | 2 | 1,148,121 |
Idaho | 186 | 49 | 21 | 30 | 86 | 79 | 1,587,760 |
Illinois2 | 346 | 167 | 30 | 31 | 118 | 1 | 146,198 |
Indiana | 5,192 | 2,562 | 273 | 457 | 1,900 | 214 | 4,430,415 |
Iowa3 | |||||||
Kansas | 1,181 | 563 | 91 | 119 | 408 | 212 | 2,159,192 |
Kentucky | 1,195 | 459 | 120 | 150 | 466 | 331 | 3,382,683 |
Louisiana | 4,462 | 2,311 | 217 | 355 | 1,579 | 179 | 4,364,269 |
Maine | 228 | 58 | 30 | 25 | 115 | 134 | 1,338,404 |
Maryland | 9,716 | 4,572 | 855 | 836 | 3,453 | 154 | 6,042,718 |
Massachusetts | 4,011 | 965 | 697 | 827 | 1,522 | 338 | 6,667,870 |
Michigan | 5,627 | 2,496 | 321 | 510 | 2,300 | 611 | 9,865,692 |
Minnesota | 2,940 | 979 | 219 | 627 | 1,115 | 378 | 5,570,925 |
Mississippi | 978 | 635 | 50 | 62 | 231 | 51 | 1,086,688 |
Missouri | 5,061 | 2,812 | 260 | 387 | 1,602 | 498 | 5,720,610 |
Montana | 223 | 52 | 30 | 36 | 105 | 99 | 995,183 |
Nebraska | 732 | 349 | 59 | 56 | 268 | 216 | 1,822,672 |
Nevada | 3,832 | 1,616 | 354 | 429 | 1,433 | 47 | 3,022,875 |
New Hampshire | 333 | 47 | 54 | 43 | 189 | 184 | 1,317,257 |
New Jersey | 6,364 | 1,955 | 602 | 413 | 3,394 | 576 | 8,908,520 |
New Mexico | 2,530 | 1,160 | 309 | 353 | 708 | 102 | 1,760,050 |
New York | 18,020 | 3,293 | 2,182 | 1,743 | 10,802 | 516 | 18,332,434 |
North Carolina | 5,367 | 2,925 | 402 | 426 | 1,614 | 211 | 5,943,830 |
North Dakota | 158 | 40 | 21 | 20 | 77 | 103 | 757,131 |
Ohio | 8,386 | 2,662 | 360 | 667 | 4,697 | 425 | 9,409,029 |
Oklahoma | 2,790 | 1,298 | 260 | 227 | 1,005 | 405 | 3,911,076 |
Oregon | 2,405 | 482 | 300 | 382 | 1,241 | 196 | 3,792,813 |
Pennsylvania | 9,742 | 3,816 | 740 | 604 | 4,582 | 1,442 | 12,629,530 |
Rhode Island | 454 | 124 | 79 | 39 | 212 | 48 | 1,057,315 |
South Carolina | 3,154 | 1,809 | 183 | 260 | 902 | 375 | 4,474,961 |
South Dakota | 207 | 41 | 29 | 25 | 112 | 114 | 816,012 |
Tennessee | 7,151 | 3,992 | 383 | 1,095 | 1,681 | 448 | 6,548,896 |
Texas | 25,841 | 13,690 | 1,842 | 2,294 | 8,015 | 910 | 26,050,117 |
Utah | 1,064 | 289 | 121 | 122 | 532 | 114 | 2,705,615 |
Vermont | 69 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 72 | 615,720 |
Virginia | 3,594 | 1,831 | 287 | 321 | 1,155 | 394 | 8,434,883 |
Washington | 5,356 | 1,314 | 539 | 727 | 2,776 | 209 | 6,980,830 |
West Virginia | 164 | 42 | 24 | 31 | 67 | 135 | 1,099,657 |
Wisconsin | 3,474 | 1,689 | 197 | 387 | 1,201 | 423 | 5,747,929 |
Wyoming | 44 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 54 | 507,616 |
- 1 The number of robberies from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2018 for which breakdowns by type of weapon were included.
- 2 Limited data were received.
- 3 Limited data for 2018 were available for Iowa.
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