• Offenses Reported
  • Violent Crime
  • Property Crime
  • Hate Crime
  • Offense Tabulations
    • Tables 1-1a
    • Table 2
    • Table 3
    • Table 4
    • Table 5
    • Table 6
    • Table 7
    • Table 8
    • Table 9
    • Table 10
    • Table 11
    • Tables 12-19
    • Tables 20-22
    • Table 23
    • Table 24

Tables 20-22

• Section II: Offenses Reported (pdf)
• Methodology
• Glossary

• Download in Excel: Table 20
• Table 21
• Table 22

Table 20

Murder
by State, 2004
Type of Weapon

State	Total murders1	Total firearms	Handguns	Rifles	Shotguns	Firearms (type unknown)	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Hands, fists, feet, etc. 2
Alabama	247	158	137	0	20	1	24	44	21
Alaska	37	17	16	0	1	0	4	12	4
Arizona	409	295	244	30	14	7	44	45	25
Arkansas	152	95	69	3	6	17	19	31	7
California	2,391	1,724	1,442	75	69	138	281	242	144
Colorado	199	116	85	5	8	18	32	17	34
Connecticut	86	47	39	0	2	6	16	18	5
Delaware	14	9	7	0	0	2	3	1	1
Georgia	528	342	283	14	16	29	70	69	47
Hawaii	31	6	3	0	2	1	13	5	7
Idaho	30	17	7	3	1	6	5	6	2
Illinois3	448	337	313	4	0	20	37	64	10
Indiana	299	208	144	5	11	48	37	39	15
Iowa	40	19	11	1	4	3	9	5	7
Kansas	75	45	31	1	3	10	6	22	2
Kentucky	217	136	99	11	14	12	25	43	13
Louisiana	557	442	369	34	14	25	44	50	21
Maine	17	9	6	0	3	0	4	1	3
Maryland	520	386	362	2	17	5	57	47	30
Massachusetts	167	97	67	1	3	26	37	27	6
Michigan	638	456	364	18	27	47	68	79	35
Minnesota	110	73	63	6	4	0	19	7	11
Mississippi	175	124	104	2	10	8	22	22	7
Missouri	353	243	97	19	10	117	37	68	5
Montana	23	11	8	0	0	3	7	1	4
Nebraska	27	17	13	0	0	4	3	4	3
Nevada	172	110	71	2	9	28	24	30	8
New Hampshire	13	4	4	0	0	0	3	4	2
New Jersey	391	230	225	2	2	1	69	56	36
New Mexico	150	75	66	3	2	4	28	29	18
New York	864	500	419	10	25	46	173	123	68
North Carolina	477	284	199	14	24	47	67	84	42
North Dakota	8	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	1
Ohio	464	245	160	10	15	60	57	113	49
Oklahoma	186	106	78	5	17	6	32	27	21
Oregon	90	48	19	3	1	25	19	19	4
Pennsylvania	632	449	359	8	14	68	54	111	18
Rhode Island	26	16	11	0	1	4	3	3	4
South Carolina	287	194	151	15	13	15	38	38	17
South Dakota	16	5	2	1	2	0	4	7	0
Tennessee	350	221	142	10	18	51	48	53	28
Texas	1,362	882	688	49	70	75	211	179	90
Utah	21	12	10	0	0	2	2	6	1
Vermont	16	3	3	0	0	0	7	6	0
Virginia	390	270	122	8	16	124	44	61	15
Washington	189	106	82	7	7	10	29	35	19
West Virginia	62	31	15	3	4	9	8	18	5
Wisconsin	154	99	54	7	6	32	20	18	17
Wyoming	11	3	1	0	1	1	3	4	1

1 Total number of murders for which supplemental homicide data were received

2 Pushed is included in hands, fists, feet, etc

3 Limited supplemental homicide data were received.

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Table 21

Robbery
by State, 2004
Type of Weapon

State	Total robberies1	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Strong- arm	Agency count	Population
Alabama	2,749	1,516	199	167	867	298	3,319,976
Alaska	443	148	45	34	216	31	639,285
Arizona	7,632	3,855	721	701	2,355	85	5,602,899
Arkansas	2,137	1,005	128	215	789	174	2,135,539
California	61,252	20,529	6,099	5,495	29,129	718	35,745,470
Colorado	3,524	1,346	367	376	1,435	175	3,996,675
Connecticut	3,216	1,111	391	276	1,438	92	2,681,051
Delaware	1,066	452	92	80	442	51	828,516
District of Columbia	3,200	1,525	176	131	1,368	2	553,523
Florida	29,984	11,504	2,262	3,211	13,007	591	17,390,278
Georgia	8,921	4,917	477	761	2,766	219	4,519,561
Hawaii	910	112	85	78	635	3	1,103,758
Idaho	240	72	38	41	89	118	1,390,597
Indiana	5,997	2,913	394	411	2,279	263	4,949,616
Iowa	1,047	259	106	150	532	194	2,709,693
Kansas	1,045	356	48	192	449	245	1,910,046
Kentucky	2,960	1,442	213	301	1,004	264	3,218,675
Louisiana	6,111	3,577	380	395	1,759	151	3,935,674
Maine	289	61	47	22	159	163	1,317,253
Maryland	8,710	4,273	884	500	3,053	148	4,920,041
Massachusetts	6,675	1,777	1,348	838	2,712	288	5,522,479
Michigan	11,035	5,262	644	1,180	3,949	531	9,622,036
Minnesota	1,116	339	91	325	361	309	4,326,521
Mississippi	2,086	1,091	128	297	570	114	1,879,111
Missouri	6,441	2,843	476	563	2,559	511	5,390,780
Montana	116	21	16	43	36	80	658,049
Nebraska	1,127	515	113	103	396	223	1,556,945
Nevada	4,905	2,019	494	398	1,994	35	2,334,771
New Hampshire	334	113	40	41	140	130	991,567
New Jersey	13,060	4,251	1,359	966	6,484	514	8,677,444
New Mexico	1,961	769	272	150	770	75	1,661,912
New York	8,157	2,395	951	912	3,899	584	10,085,717
North Carolina	7,000	3,278	660	742	2,320	381	6,474,088
North Dakota	36	9	3	3	21	48	515,288
Ohio	16,386	5,500	805	1,946	8,135	356	8,814,942
Oklahoma	3,090	1,353	296	223	1,218	297	3,523,553
Oregon	2,556	648	280	258	1,370	155	3,361,811
Pennsylvania	17,551	7,485	1,335	1,159	7,572	740	10,726,143
Rhode Island	731	212	90	73	356	48	1,080,632
South Carolina	5,238	2,635	453	486	1,664	381	3,936,512
South Dakota	107	19	19	17	52	87	578,678
Tennessee	8,835	4,820	735	973	2,307	446	5,818,095
Texas	35,657	15,784	3,571	3,350	12,952	973	22,324,084
Utah	1,203	338	132	170	563	98	2,113,876
Vermont	69	10	11	15	33	74	586,390
Virginia	5,076	2,475	360	636	1,605	352	6,647,205
Washington	4,790	1,240	472	479	2,599	236	5,525,697
West Virginia	420	150	58	46	166	278	1,135,970
Wisconsin	4,042	2,204	256	227	1,355	339	5,204,309
Wyoming	66	26	4	7	29	61	492,693

1 The number of robberies for which breakdowns by type of weapon were received from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2004.

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Table 22

Aggravated Assault
by State, 2004
Type of Weapon

State	Total aggravated assaults1	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Personal weapons	Agency count	Population
Alabama	7,386	1,738	998	1,673	2,977	298	3,319,976
Alaska	3,048	459	668	720	1,201	31	639,285
Arizona	18,483	4,916	3,034	5,525	5,008	85	5,602,899
Arkansas	8,268	2,008	1,296	2,511	2,453	174	2,135,539
California	123,414	22,197	18,570	41,547	41,100	718	35,745,470
Colorado	10,389	2,096	2,322	2,849	3,122	175	3,996,675
Connecticut	3,704	416	792	1,448	1,048	92	2,681,051
Delaware	2,935	512	642	1,536	245	51	828,516
District of Columbia	3,968	789	1,027	1,609	543	2	553,523
Florida	86,156	13,539	15,277	39,951	17,389	591	17,390,278
Georgia	14,117	3,601	3,134	4,597	2,785	219	4,519,561
Hawaii	1,769	175	445	675	474	3	1,103,758
Idaho	2,568	517	587	1,017	447	118	1,390,597
Indiana	10,504	1,511	1,387	2,653	4,953	263	4,949,616
Iowa	6,037	547	964	1,577	2,949	194	2,709,693
Kansas	5,276	1,420	747	2,432	677	245	1,910,046
Kentucky	4,717	580	675	1,604	1,858	264	3,218,675
Louisiana	17,281	4,445	3,429	5,548	3,859	151	3,935,674
Maine	742	35	137	213	357	163	1,317,253
Maryland	17,172	2,278	3,538	7,558	3,798	148	4,920,041
Massachusetts	18,178	1,697	3,928	9,121	3,432	288	5,522,479
Michigan	31,442	7,099	6,319	12,281	5,743	531	9,622,036
Minnesota	3,829	442	942	1,353	1,092	309	4,326,521
Mississippi	3,176	867	541	840	928	114	1,879,111
Missouri	18,906	4,299	2,746	5,954	5,907	511	5,390,780
Montana	1,492	179	212	587	514	80	658,049
Nebraska	3,440	503	636	1,637	664	223	1,556,945
Nevada	8,348	1,652	1,828	3,728	1,140	35	2,334,771
New Hampshire	768	106	230	234	198	130	991,567
New Jersey	16,123	2,374	3,365	5,173	5,211	514	8,677,444
New Mexico	8,840	1,683	1,651	2,649	2,857	75	1,661,912
New York	15,495	1,691	3,577	4,858	5,369	584	10,085,717
North Carolina	15,975	4,204	3,346	4,437	3,988	381	6,474,088
North Dakota	267	11	38	65	153	48	515,288
Ohio	14,465	3,154	2,649	4,515	4,147	356	8,814,942
Oklahoma	12,802	2,159	2,127	4,835	3,681	297	3,523,553
Oregon	5,708	681	1,027	2,010	1,990	155	3,361,811
Pennsylvania	25,317	5,445	3,866	6,489	9,517	740	10,726,143
Rhode Island	1,596	306	375	633	282	48	1,080,632
South Carolina	24,265	5,691	4,507	7,278	6,789	381	3,936,512
South Dakota	683	75	191	237	180	87	578,678
Tennessee	29,383	8,809	6,324	10,812	3,438	446	5,818,095
Texas	75,351	16,107	16,796	27,892	14,556	973	22,324,084
Utah	3,070	510	715	1,025	820	98	2,113,876
Vermont	420	62	73	100	185	74	586,390
Virginia	8,865	1,579	1,793	2,985	2,508	352	6,647,205
Washington	10,157	1,338	1,965	3,388	3,466	236	5,525,697
West Virginia	2,184	558	344	405	877	278	1,135,970
Wisconsin	5,948	806	875	1,287	2,980	339	5,204,309
Wyoming	949	122	159	305	363	61	492,693

1 The number of aggravated assaults for which breakdowns by type of weapon were received from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2004

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