TABLE E

 

 

Weapons Used During Reported Incidents 1991 - 2001

Kind of Weapon Used*

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Number Of Incidents

Personal Weapons

15384

17152

18977

20492

21891

23357

22861

21600

25473

17062

24864

Knife/Cutting Instrument

1089

1077

1196

1306

1396

1379

1410

1255

1502

1026

1400

Firearm

990

945

1048

1040

916

828

717

598

100

84

57

Blunt Object

667

634

686

767

825

781

787

733

828

816

696

Other Weapon

1332

1489

1868

1902

2385

2494

2443

2290

2320

2426

2380

Totals

19462

21297

23775

25507

27413

28839

28218

26476

30223

21414

29397

Percentages

Personal Weapons

79.00%

80.50%

79.80%

80.30%

79.90%

81.00%

81.00%

81.60%

84.28%

79.68%

84.58%

Knife/Cutting Instrument

5.60%

5.10%

5.00%

5.10%

5.10%

4.80%

5.00%

4.70%

4.97%

4.79%

4.76%

Firearm

5.10%

4.40%

4.40%

4.10%

3.30%

2.90%

2.50%

2.30%

0.33%

0.39%

0.19%

Blunt Object

3.40%

3.00%

2.90%

3.00%

3.00%

2.70%

2.80%

2.80%

2.74%

3.81%

2.37%

Other Weapon

6.80%

7.00%

7.90%

7.50%

8.70%

8.60%

8.70%

8.60%

7.68%

11.33%

8.10%

Totals

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

Percent of Incidents where no weapon was used

19%

19%

18%

18%

19%

18%

30%

18%

13%

14%

14%

*More than one weapon may have been used in one incident