Table 21
Robbery
by State, Types of Weapons, 2019
| State |
Total robberies1 |
Firearms |
Knives or cutting instruments |
Other weapons |
Strong- arm |
Agency count |
Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama2 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 85,670 |
| Alaska | 826 | 167 | 89 | 119 | 451 | 33 | 727,792 |
| Arizona | 6,042 | 2,207 | 759 | 688 | 2,388 | 96 | 6,308,226 |
| Arkansas | 1,351 | 651 | 83 | 122 | 495 | 243 | 2,501,782 |
| California | 51,196 | 12,181 | 4,635 | 5,964 | 28,416 | 731 | 38,767,853 |
| Colorado | 3,227 | 1,242 | 290 | 422 | 1,273 | 183 | 4,798,277 |
| Connecticut | 1,863 | 575 | 193 | 206 | 889 | 106 | 3,492,933 |
| Delaware | 789 | 288 | 88 | 78 | 335 | 52 | 970,535 |
| District of Columbia | 2,713 | 897 | 258 | 158 | 1,400 | 3 | 705,749 |
| Florida | 16,199 | 6,194 | 1,097 | 1,574 | 7,334 | 678 | 21,424,937 |
| Georgia | 1,626 | 912 | 64 | 104 | 546 | 168 | 3,026,506 |
| Hawaii | 1,021 | 160 | 92 | 162 | 607 | 2 | 1,142,377 |
| Idaho | 155 | 35 | 20 | 18 | 82 | 101 | 1,751,712 |
| Illinois3 | 282 | 127 | 23 | 22 | 110 | 1 | 145,719 |
| Indiana | 1,840 | 809 | 93 | 312 | 626 | 169 | 3,004,084 |
| Iowa | 808 | 336 | 62 | 95 | 315 | 183 | 2,584,085 |
| Kansas | 924 | 430 | 69 | 79 | 346 | 219 | 1,821,596 |
| Kentucky | 2,158 | 1,007 | 154 | 207 | 790 | 398 | 4,456,082 |
| Louisiana | 3,760 | 1,841 | 183 | 304 | 1,432 | 150 | 3,988,385 |
| Maine | 188 | 40 | 21 | 26 | 101 | 135 | 1,344,212 |
| Maryland | 9,195 | 4,018 | 895 | 727 | 3,555 | 151 | 6,043,312 |
| Massachusetts | 3,590 | 790 | 594 | 669 | 1,537 | 346 | 6,726,719 |
| Michigan | 5,239 | 2,275 | 265 | 468 | 2,231 | 612 | 9,492,862 |
| Minnesota | 3,097 | 908 | 206 | 612 | 1,371 | 368 | 5,433,467 |
| Mississippi | 1,003 | 611 | 44 | 108 | 240 | 55 | 1,273,580 |
| Missouri | 4,547 | 2,617 | 228 | 353 | 1,349 | 327 | 4,271,657 |
| Montana | 191 | 46 | 17 | 45 | 83 | 78 | 855,718 |
| Nebraska | 781 | 353 | 61 | 52 | 315 | 198 | 1,767,262 |
| Nevada | 3,259 | 1,307 | 289 | 365 | 1,298 | 42 | 2,948,674 |
| New Hampshire | 297 | 74 | 42 | 42 | 139 | 182 | 1,281,465 |
| New Jersey | 5,730 | 1,653 | 526 | 399 | 3,152 | 577 | 8,882,190 |
| New Mexico | 2,063 | 909 | 282 | 246 | 626 | 99 | 1,480,451 |
| New York | 17,917 | 2,950 | 2,332 | 1,752 | 10,883 | 497 | 18,382,202 |
| North Carolina | 6,374 | 3,611 | 480 | 478 | 1,805 | 253 | 7,678,759 |
| North Dakota | 176 | 46 | 31 | 24 | 75 | 103 | 759,718 |
| Ohio | 8,211 | 2,504 | 347 | 598 | 4,762 | 414 | 9,215,222 |
| Oklahoma | 2,364 | 1,101 | 194 | 197 | 872 | 406 | 3,909,106 |
| Oregon | 2,136 | 452 | 220 | 319 | 1,145 | 151 | 3,680,010 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,476 | 589 | 145 | 94 | 648 | 438 | 3,297,344 |
| Rhode Island | 418 | 114 | 94 | 33 | 177 | 48 | 1,059,361 |
| South Carolina | 3,044 | 1,749 | 201 | 233 | 861 | 260 | 4,660,637 |
| South Dakota | 159 | 45 | 25 | 21 | 68 | 107 | 816,216 |
| Tennessee | 6,133 | 3,794 | 284 | 460 | 1,595 | 456 | 6,643,476 |
| Texas | 28,432 | 14,877 | 1,949 | 2,790 | 8,816 | 823 | 27,151,685 |
| Utah | 1,098 | 302 | 136 | 143 | 517 | 109 | 2,883,845 |
| Vermont | 69 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 79 | 599,538 |
| Virginia | 3,487 | 1,754 | 320 | 279 | 1,134 | 400 | 8,403,438 |
| Washington | 4,914 | 1,091 | 455 | 639 | 2,729 | 219 | 7,114,406 |
| West Virginia | 134 | 59 | 18 | 17 | 40 | 103 | 953,873 |
| Wisconsin | 2,905 | 1,349 | 160 | 312 | 1,084 | 409 | 5,649,131 |
| Wyoming | 62 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 55 | 512,713 |
- 1 The number of robberies from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2019 for which breakdowns by type of weapon were included.
- 2 Limited data for 2019 were available for Alabama.
- 3 Limited data were received.
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