US Number of Total Arrests for Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. Offenses By State in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 93,968 total arrests made in the US for weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 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 weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. offenses: Texas (16,960), Michigan (10,148), Ohio (5,353), Virginia (4,474), and North Carolina (4,167).
You can see similar information for adult and juvenile arrests made in the US for Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 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 weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 16960 | 18.05 |
| Michigan | 10148 | 10.80 |
| Ohio | 5353 | 5.70 |
| Virginia | 4474 | 4.76 |
| North Carolina | 4167 | 4.43 |
| Tennessee | 3486 | 3.71 |
| South Carolina | 3441 | 3.66 |
| Wisconsin | 3227 | 3.43 |
| Indiana | 3201 | 3.41 |
| Nevada | 2985 | 3.18 |
| Georgia | 2753 | 2.93 |
| Oklahoma | 2653 | 2.82 |
| Colorado | 2535 | 2.70 |
| Minnesota | 2426 | 2.58 |
| Missouri | 2224 | 2.37 |
| Oregon | 2140 | 2.28 |
| California | 2103 | 2.24 |
| Louisiana | 1937 | 2.06 |
| Washington | 1438 | 1.53 |
| Massachusetts | 1298 | 1.38 |
| Illinois | 1284 | 1.37 |
| Connecticut | 1181 | 1.26 |
| Arkansas | 1139 | 1.21 |
| Arizona | 982 | 1.05 |
| Alabama | 959 | 1.02 |
| Mississippi | 869 | 0.93 |
| New York | 829 | 0.88 |
| New Jersey | 825 | 0.88 |
| Utah | 798 | 0.85 |
| Iowa | 740 | 0.79 |
| Kentucky | 704 | 0.75 |
| Maryland | 624 | 0.66 |
| Nebraska | 481 | 0.51 |
| Rhode Island | 477 | 0.51 |
| Delaware | 424 | 0.45 |
| Kansas | 352 | 0.38 |
| Idaho | 324 | 0.35 |
| South Dakota | 321 | 0.34 |
| New Mexico | 316 | 0.34 |
| West Virginia | 315 | 0.34 |
| North Dakota | 247 | 0.26 |
| New Hampshire | 191 | 0.20 |
| Maine | 127 | 0.14 |
| Alaska | 113 | 0.12 |
| Pennsylvania | 100 | 0.11 |
| Hawaii | 94 | 0.10 |
| District of Columbia | 60 | 0.06 |
| Montana | 52 | 0.06 |
| Wyoming | 40 | 0.04 |
| Vermont | 30 | 0.03 |
| Florida | 21 | 0.02 |
