US Number of Adult Arrests for Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing Offenses By State in 2020

Updated on January 26, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 57,195 adult arrests made in the US for stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing offenses. This value is the total for all US states and DC.

Among all US states, the following were among the top 5 that had high number of adult arrests for stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing offenses: California (14,041), North Carolina (3,059), Washington (2,963), Missouri (2,650), and South Carolina (2,213).

You can see similar information for juvenile and total arrests made in the US for Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing offenses. You can also see similar information for different types of offenses.

The interactive chart below shows the number of adult arrests made in the US for stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing offenses by state. The table below shows the number of arrests and the percentage of the US total for each state.

Related Topics: US FBI UCR 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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State Number of Arrests Percent of US Total (%)
California 14041 24.55
North Carolina 3059 5.35
Washington 2963 5.18
Missouri 2650 4.63
South Carolina 2213 3.87
New Jersey 2004 3.50
New York 1969 3.44
Minnesota 1955 3.42
Oklahoma 1927 3.37
Michigan 1887 3.30
Louisiana 1773 3.10
Nevada 1687 2.95
Tennessee 1596 2.79
Arkansas 1506 2.63
Kentucky 1454 2.54
Ohio 1403 2.45
Georgia 1189 2.08
Florida 1141 2.00
Utah 1063 1.86
Arizona 934 1.63
Wisconsin 727 1.27
Texas 707 1.24
Massachusetts 687 1.20
Virginia 680 1.19
Colorado 638 1.12
Oregon 571 1.00
New Mexico 480 0.84
Kansas 472 0.83
Nebraska 427 0.75
New Hampshire 359 0.63
Indiana 330 0.58
Mississippi 317 0.55
North Dakota 307 0.54
West Virginia 295 0.52
Delaware 257 0.45
Iowa 232 0.41
Rhode Island 208 0.36
South Dakota 194 0.34
Connecticut 180 0.32
Montana 176 0.31
Idaho 161 0.28
Maine 102 0.18
Vermont 76 0.13
Alaska 66 0.12
Wyoming 40 0.07
Illinois 33 0.06
Alabama 19 0.03
Pennsylvania 19 0.03
District of Columbia 13 0.02
Maryland 8 0.01
Hawaii 0 0.00