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Weapons Used During Reported Incidents 1991 - 2001 |
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Kind of Weapon Used* |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
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Number Of Incidents |
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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 |
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Blunt Object |
667 |
634 |
686 |
767 |
825 |
781 |
787 |
733 |
828 |
816 |
696 |
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Other Weapon |
1332 |
1489 |
1868 |
1902 |
2385 |
2494 |
2443 |
2290 |
2320 |
2426 |
2380 |
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Totals |
19462 |
21297 |
23775 |
25507 |
27413 |
28839 |
28218 |
26476 |
30223 |
21414 |
29397 |
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Percentages |
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Personal Weapons |
79.00% |
80.50% |
79.80% |
80.30% |
79.90% |
81.00% |
81.00% |
81.60% |
84.28% |
79.68% |
84.58% |
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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% |
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Firearm |
5.10% |
4.40% |
4.40% |
4.10% |
3.30% |
2.90% |
2.50% |
2.30% |
0.33% |
0.39% |
0.19% |
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Blunt Object |
3.40% |
3.00% |
2.90% |
3.00% |
3.00% |
2.70% |
2.80% |
2.80% |
2.74% |
3.81% |
2.37% |
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Other Weapon |
6.80% |
7.00% |
7.90% |
7.50% |
8.70% |
8.60% |
8.70% |
8.60% |
7.68% |
11.33% |
8.10% |
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Totals |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
100.00% |
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Percent of Incidents where no weapon was used |
19% |
19% |
18% |
18% |
19% |
18% |
30% |
18% |
13% |
14% |
14% |
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*More than one weapon may have been used in one incident |
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