The City in Georgia Where the Most Guns Are Linked to Crime

The United States is the only country in the world with more civilian-owned firearms than people. While most of the nearly 400 million firearms in the U.S. belong to law-abiding citizens, some portion of them inevitably end up in the wrong hands.

Every year, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives traces hundreds of thousands of firearms that were either used, or are suspected to have been used, to commit a crime. While not all firearms used in criminal acts are traced, ATF data reveals that in every state, there is at least one city that appears to account for a disproportionate share of crimes involving a firearm.

The ATF traced a total of 20,441 firearms in Georgia in 2021. Of those, 4,083, or 20.0%, of all guns traced in the state were linked to crimes in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Atlanta accounts for only 4.6% of the state’s total population, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey.

Augusta accounted for the second largest share of firearm tracings in the state in 2021, at 4.7%, while Macon ranked third, accounting for 4.5% of all firearms traced by the ATF that year. Augusta and Macon make up 1.9% and 1.5% of Georgia’s total population, respectively.

All firearm trace data is from the ATF and total firearms traced by state includes only those in which a city or town was identified.

StateCity with the most firearms linked to crime, 2021Firearms linked to crime in city, 2021Share of total state-wide traces from city, 2021 (%)Share of total state pop. in city, 2021 (%)
AlabamaMobile1,69419.23.8
AlaskaAnchorage38648.439.8
ArizonaPhoenix4,31735.722.5
ArkansasLittle Rock1,08830.76.7
CaliforniaLos Angeles8,03614.89.9
ColoradoDenver1,85426.312.3
ConnecticutHartford34921.63.4
DelawareWilmington52431.27.2
FloridaJacksonville3,1979.34.4
GeorgiaAtlanta4,08320.04.6
HawaiiHonolulu3026.124.2
IdahoBoise33824.712.8
IllinoisChicago9,58450.021.4
IndianaIndianapolis4,62944.813.0
IowaDes Moines59623.26.7
KansasWichita1,71840.013.5
KentuckyLouisville2,97743.814.0
LouisianaNew Orleans2,01714.68.2
MainePortland9117.75.0
MarylandBaltimore2,63126.79.6
MassachusettsBoston88827.69.6
MichiganDetroit7,64462.06.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,18325.77.5
MississippiGulfport53311.32.4
MissouriSt. Louis3,37833.14.9
MontanaBillings28624.110.7
NebraskaOmaha1,27256.825.0
NevadaLas Vegas5,11075.920.7
New HampshireManchester38554.68.4
New JerseyNewark57012.23.3
New MexicoAlbuquerque2,41858.826.7
New YorkNew York City5,15050.043.4
North CarolinaCharlotte3,83716.78.3
North DakotaFargo18924.716.2
OhioColumbus3,76318.27.6
OklahomaTulsa2,05438.710.4
OregonPortland1,33924.515.4
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia6,11339.912.3
Rhode IslandProvidence32949.417.3
South CarolinaColumbia1,78216.92.7
South DakotaRapid City44653.68.4
TennesseeMemphis6,44041.59.2
TexasHouston11,60025.57.9
UtahSalt Lake City45615.26.2
VermontBurlington3916.07.0
VirginiaRichmond1,34111.02.6
WashingtonSeattle66611.99.5
West VirginiaCharleston42425.02.7
WisconsinMilwaukee3,45448.99.8
WyomingCasper7324.610.2

By: Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. via The Center Square

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