Other offenses · FBI arrest data · 2024
Simple assault Arrests
930,034 arrests for simple assault were reported across the U.S. in 2024 — 13.9% of all reported arrests.
Who was arrested for simple assault
By sex & age
Shares of all simple assault arrests.
By race & ethnicity
Agencies report race and ethnicity separately from the age/sex counts, so shares below are of the 906,639 race entries reported (779,197 ethnicity entries) — a different universe than the total above, which it can undershoot or occasionally exceed.
| White | 556,327 | 61.4% |
| Black or African American | 309,213 | 34.1% |
| American Indian / Alaska Native | 18,763 | 2.1% |
| Asian / Pacific Islander | 22,336 | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 183,009 | 23.5% |
States with the most simple assault arrests
Reported arrests, 2024 — reporting coverage varies by state.
| State | Arrests | Share of state's arrests |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 96,088 | 17.2% |
| California | 71,665 | 12.0% |
| New York | 66,276 | 19.5% |
| Illinois | 36,249 | 19.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 35,918 | 14.3% |
| Florida | 34,171 | 15.6% |
| Ohio | 33,103 | 19.2% |
| Virginia | 31,462 | 15.3% |
| Tennessee | 29,646 | 11.9% |
| Michigan | 28,329 | 16.4% |
| Arizona | 27,008 | 13.0% |
| Washington | 25,432 | 16.8% |
| North Carolina | 22,929 | 10.5% |
| Georgia | 22,476 | 12.0% |
| New Jersey | 20,878 | 13.5% |
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About this data
- Counts are arrests, not people. One person arrested twice counts twice; an arrest with several charges counts once, under the most serious charge.
- Reported agencies only. Figures cover the ~14,500 agencies in the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Reporting arrest (ASR) file — about 94–95% of the FBI's official national total, which additionally counts agencies that report only through NIBRS. Nothing here is estimated for non-reporting agencies, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the arresting agency's headquarters, not where the arrest happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies (state police, sheriffs, transit police) concentrate in one county — county figures are approximate, and about 3% of arrests come from agencies that can't be placed in any county.
- Race and ethnicity are reported separately from the age/sex counts, and not for every arrest — race is reported for ≈95% of arrests, ethnicity for ≈81%. Shares here use those reported subtotals as denominators.
- No per-capita rates. Because reporting coverage varies by area, population-adjusted rates would mislead; we show counts only. Arrests measure enforcement activity, not crime rates.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 Arrest (ASR) master file. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Simple assault arrests — FAQ
How many simple assault arrests were there in the U.S. in 2024?+
930,034 arrests for simple assault were reported to the FBI in 2024 — 13.9% of all reported arrests. The true number is somewhat higher because not every agency reports.
Which state had the most simple assault arrests?+
Texas reported the most (96,088), followed by California (71,665) and New York (66,276). Reporting coverage varies by state.
Who gets arrested for simple assault?+
In 2024, 31.6% of simple assault arrests were of women and 11.4% were of juveniles under 18 (of 930,034 total).