US Number of Total Arrests for Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing Offenses By State in 2021

Updated on January 26, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 44,509 total 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 total arrests for stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing offenses: North Carolina (3,474), Washington (2,839), Kentucky (2,630), South Carolina (2,214), and Michigan (2,159).

You can see similar information for adult and juvenile 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 total 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 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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North Carolina 3474 7.81
Washington 2839 6.38
Kentucky 2630 5.91
South Carolina 2214 4.97
Michigan 2159 4.85
Missouri 2076 4.66
Minnesota 2050 4.61
Tennessee 1931 4.34
Nevada 1837 4.13
Georgia 1763 3.96
Arkansas 1663 3.74
Ohio 1546 3.47
Louisiana 1504 3.38
Oklahoma 1489 3.35
California 1218 2.74
Wisconsin 1106 2.49
Texas 1015 2.28
Colorado 981 2.20
Utah 938 2.11
Oregon 792 1.78
Virginia 734 1.65
Alabama 694 1.56
Massachusetts 681 1.53
Mississippi 582 1.31
New Mexico 542 1.22
Hawaii 488 1.10
Indiana 483 1.09
New York 465 1.05
Kansas 431 0.97
New Jersey 428 0.96
Delaware 344 0.77
North Dakota 343 0.77
New Hampshire 326 0.73
West Virginia 321 0.72
Arizona 314 0.71
Iowa 288 0.65
Rhode Island 264 0.59
Connecticut 245 0.55
Nebraska 233 0.52
Montana 230 0.52
Idaho 166 0.37
South Dakota 152 0.34
Illinois 141 0.32
Maryland 131 0.29
Maine 100 0.23
Vermont 80 0.18
Pennsylvania 22 0.05
Florida 21 0.05
District of Columbia 14 0.03
Alaska 11 0.03
Wyoming 10 0.02