There were 46,999 robberies with a handgun in the United States in 2023. A further 15,564 robberies were perpetrated with a knife or other cutting instrument in that year.
Decreasing crime
As with most crime in the U.S., the number of robberies has decreased since 1990. Despite views that crime is on the rise in the United States, statistics show that the violent crime rate has almost halved in the last 30 years. The number of robberies in the U.S. have more than halved from their peak in 1991.
What you seize is what you get
Despite the classic idea of a bank robbery, robberies are far more likely to take place in the street or on a highway rather than in a bank in the United States. Additionally, the robbery rate was highest in the District of Columbia and lowest in Idaho in 2023. For the entire United States, the robbery rate stood at 66.5 per 100,000 inhabitants in that same year.
Number of robberies in the United States in 2023, by weapon used
Data only includes those robberies for which weapon information was included in the report.
Due to the FBI's transition to a new crime reporting system, not all law enforcement agencies submitted data to the FBI for 2023. As a result, figures may not accurately reflect the total number of crimes.
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FBI. (September 23, 2024). Number of robberies in the United States in 2023, by weapon used [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/251914/number-of-robberies-in-the-us-by-weapon/
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