US Number of Adult Arrests for Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing Offenses By State in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 40,105 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: North Carolina (3,146), Washington (2,784), Kentucky (2,279), South Carolina (2,081), and Michigan (1,952).
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.
| State | Number of Arrests | Percent of US Total (%) |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3146 | 7.84 |
| Washington | 2784 | 6.94 |
| Kentucky | 2279 | 5.68 |
| South Carolina | 2081 | 5.19 |
| Michigan | 1952 | 4.87 |
| Missouri | 1857 | 4.63 |
| Minnesota | 1843 | 4.60 |
| Tennessee | 1775 | 4.43 |
| Nevada | 1727 | 4.31 |
| Georgia | 1567 | 3.91 |
| Arkansas | 1515 | 3.78 |
| Oklahoma | 1398 | 3.49 |
| Louisiana | 1344 | 3.35 |
| Ohio | 1219 | 3.04 |
| California | 1189 | 2.97 |
| Colorado | 957 | 2.39 |
| Texas | 920 | 2.29 |
| Utah | 877 | 2.19 |
| Oregon | 774 | 1.93 |
| Alabama | 653 | 1.63 |
| Wisconsin | 652 | 1.63 |
| Virginia | 622 | 1.55 |
| Massachusetts | 578 | 1.44 |
| Mississippi | 538 | 1.34 |
| New Mexico | 534 | 1.33 |
| Hawaii | 469 | 1.17 |
| Indiana | 436 | 1.09 |
| New York | 415 | 1.03 |
| Kansas | 407 | 1.01 |
| West Virginia | 319 | 0.80 |
| New Hampshire | 313 | 0.78 |
| North Dakota | 307 | 0.77 |
| Arizona | 302 | 0.75 |
| New Jersey | 288 | 0.72 |
| Delaware | 249 | 0.62 |
| Rhode Island | 232 | 0.58 |
| Montana | 218 | 0.54 |
| Nebraska | 217 | 0.54 |
| Iowa | 214 | 0.53 |
| Connecticut | 180 | 0.45 |
| Idaho | 154 | 0.38 |
| South Dakota | 131 | 0.33 |
| Illinois | 116 | 0.29 |
| Maryland | 113 | 0.28 |
| Maine | 95 | 0.24 |
| Vermont | 78 | 0.19 |
| Florida | 20 | 0.05 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | 0.04 |
| District of Columbia | 13 | 0.03 |
| Alaska | 11 | 0.03 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 0.03 |
