This statistic shows the share of state prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense in the United States in 2016, by offense committed. During the survey, two percent of prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense committed rape or sexual assault. Only 0.8 percent of rape/sexual assault offenders who possessed a firearm used a firearm during their offense.
Share of state prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense in the U.S. in 2016, by offense committed
Responses have been weighted to reflect national estimates.
*Other violent crimes include kidnapping, extortion, hit-and-run driving with bodily injury, child abuse, and criminal endangerment.
**Other property crimes include larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, fraud, stolen property, destruction of property, vandalism, hit-and-run driving with no bodily injury, criminal tampering, trespassing, entering without breaking, and possession of burglary tools.
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (January 9, 2019). Share of state prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense in the U.S. in 2016, by offense committed [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/955907/share-prisoners-possessed-firearm-during-offense/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Share of state prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense in the U.S. in 2016, by offense committed." Chart. January 9, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/955907/share-prisoners-possessed-firearm-during-offense/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2019). Share of state prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense in the U.S. in 2016, by offense committed. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/955907/share-prisoners-possessed-firearm-during-offense/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Share of State Prisoners Who Possessed a Firearm during Their Offense in The U.S. in 2016, by Offense Committed." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/955907/share-prisoners-possessed-firearm-during-offense/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Share of state prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense in the U.S. in 2016, by offense committed Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/955907/share-prisoners-possessed-firearm-during-offense/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
Share of state prisoners who possessed a firearm during their offense in the U.S. in 2016, by offense committed [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, January 9, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/955907/share-prisoners-possessed-firearm-during-offense/
