Robbery Statistics

After reporting that robbery statistics were no longer available (checking four F.B.I. Offices and a quote from their public affairs office in Washington, DC), we received an interesting communication from them. We have reprinted part of it below. Some details that have been published in the past will not to be accumulated or disseminated, but the "bare-bones" numbers are ours once more. We hope you find them useful. Special thanks to Al Wood, CPP, Sr. Vice President and Director of Security, Liberty National Bank, Louisville, KY for his help.

Bank Robbery Statute Violations by StateJanuary 1, 1993-December 31, 1993

State Robberies Burglaries Larcenies Extortions Alabama 47 7 1 0 Alaska 8 1 0 0 Arkansas 29 9 0 0 Arizona 239 2 1 0 California 3024 23 11 5 Canal Zone 0 0 0 0 Colorado 85 2 0 2 Connecticut 62 2 1 6 Delaware 16 2 0 0 Dist. of Columbia 27 1 0 0 Florida 683 9 7 1 Georgia 184 10 2 1 Guam 0 1 0 0 Hawaii 55 0 0 0 Idaho 9 2 1 0 Illinois 132 8 2 0 Indiana 96 13 3 2 Iowa 18 3 2 0 Kansas 29 2 0 0 Kentucky 46 5 1 0 Louisiana 64 3 7 0 Maine 10 1 0 0 Maryland 322 12 1 1 Massachusetts 149 3 1 2 Michigan 219 9 8 5 Minnesota 67 7 0 0 Mississippi 39 2 2 0 Missouri 53 2 1 1 Montana 0 2 0 0 Nebraska 21 4 0 0 Nevada 128 3 0 0 New Hampshire 4 0 1 0 New Jersey 103 17 1 0 New Mexico 32 3 0 1 New York 668 39 1 0 North Carolina 227 7 4 0 North Dakota 2 1 0 0 Ohio 264 12 2 0 Oklahoma 28 1 5 1 Oregon 231 0 0 0 Pennsylvania 197 15 3 2 Puerto Rico 38 0 0 0 Rhode Island 14 1 0 0 South Carolina 85 10 0 1 South Dakota 4 0 0 0 Tennessee 106 8 2 0 Texas 181 28 5 3 Utah 36 1 1 4 Vermont 3 1 0 0 Virgin Islands 2 0 0 0 Washington 265 3 0 0 West Virginia 5 2 0 0 Wisconsin 87 7 2 0 Wyoming 1 0 0 0 Total 8578 310 78 39 Losses: There was no loot taken in 675 of the 8,966 violations. Cash taken was $64,849,617; Securities-Face Value $23,203,657; Other property $1,339,497 for a total stolen of $89,392,771.

Full or partial recovery was reported in 1,594 of the 8,966 violations. $10,022,439 in cash; $22,116,875 in Securities-Face Value; and $177,695 in other property, for a total recovered of $32,317,009.

Persons involved: 11,165 (6,570 of whom have been identified). Of those identified, 45% were determined to be users of narcotics and 16% were found to have been previously convicted for bank robbery, burglary or larceny.

Copyright © 1995 Bankers' Hotline. Originally appeared in Bankers' Hotline, Vol. 5, No. 5, 1/95