US Number of Adult Arrests for Violent crime Offenses By State in 2021

Updated on January 26, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 201,410 adult arrests made in the US for violent crime 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 violent crime offenses: Texas (27,968), Tennessee (12,185), Michigan (11,978), North Carolina (9,567), and Colorado (7,803).

You can see similar information for juvenile and total arrests made in the US for Violent crime 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 violent crime 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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State Number of Arrests Percent of US Total (%)
Texas 27968 13.89
Tennessee 12185 6.05
Michigan 11978 5.95
North Carolina 9567 4.75
Colorado 7803 3.87
Georgia 7672 3.81
Washington 7398 3.67
Missouri 7314 3.63
Massachusetts 6705 3.33
South Carolina 6298 3.13
Virginia 6235 3.10
Wisconsin 6008 2.98
Ohio 5605 2.78
Louisiana 5261 2.61
Nevada 5205 2.58
Arkansas 5203 2.58
Oregon 4941 2.45
Minnesota 4650 2.31
Iowa 4392 2.18
California 4039 2.01
Indiana 3800 1.89
Oklahoma 3616 1.80
Arizona 3264 1.62
Kentucky 3146 1.56
Utah 2417 1.20
New York 2243 1.11
Connecticut 2150 1.07
Maryland 2007 1.00
New Mexico 1965 0.98
Kansas 1743 0.87
Montana 1640 0.81
Illinois 1598 0.79
Nebraska 1548 0.77
Delaware 1522 0.76
Idaho 1471 0.73
New Jersey 1190 0.59
West Virginia 1165 0.58
Alabama 1103 0.55
South Dakota 1069 0.53
Mississippi 957 0.48
Rhode Island 784 0.39
Vermont 768 0.38
Alaska 741 0.37
North Dakota 677 0.34
Maine 629 0.31
Hawaii 588 0.29
New Hampshire 478 0.24
Wyoming 297 0.15
Pennsylvania 197 0.10
District of Columbia 164 0.08
Florida 46 0.02