Weapons violations in U.S. cities and states
Violations of laws on making, selling, carrying or possessing weapons.
We estimate about 343,500 offenses a year across the U.S., down 8.8% from a year earlier. The model projects a 12.0% decline by 2031.
- Group
- Social disorder
- FBI offense codes
- 520
- Counted as
- One per offense
Cities and places
Highest weapons violations rates among the places we publish
Index per resident for weapons violations; the U.S. rate is 100. Rates run high where many people work or visit but few live, so downtowns and shopping areas weigh on a city's figure.
PlaceIndex
25 places published so far; 17 are above the U.S. rate for weapons violations. The highest is at 4.1 times the U.S. rate.
States
Weapons violations by state
Every block group in each state, including towns and unincorporated areas.
StateIndex
Alaska
197
New Mexico
170
Delaware
167
Missouri
159
Louisiana
159
Wisconsin
140
Virginia
137
Oregon
127
Kansas
121
Michigan
116
South Carolina
115
Utah
107
South Dakota
106
West Virginia
91
Mississippi
91
Minnesota
86
Arkansas
80
Nebraska
75
Georgia
72
New Jersey
70
Rhode Island
69
Maryland
68
Iowa
68
Connecticut
66
Kentucky
62
Idaho
56
Wyoming
51
North Dakota
47
Alabama
46
Hawaii
46
New Hampshire
41
Maine
26
Montana
23
Vermont
18
Other social disorder
Estimates, not incident records: agency totals reported to the FBI, modeled across census block groups. How the estimates are made.