CrimeMetric

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
Alaska197
New Mexico170
Delaware167
Missouri159
Louisiana159
Wisconsin140
Virginia137
Oregon127
Kansas121
Michigan116
South Carolina115
Utah107
South Dakota106
West Virginia91
Mississippi91
Minnesota86
Arkansas80
Nebraska75
Georgia72
New Jersey70
Rhode Island69
Maryland68
Iowa68
Connecticut66
Kentucky62
Idaho56
Wyoming51
North Dakota47
Alabama46
Hawaii46
New Hampshire41
Maine26
Montana23
Vermont18

Other social disorder

Estimates, not incident records: agency totals reported to the FBI, modeled across census block groups. How the estimates are made.