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2025 - Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report

Data Source: Firearms Tracing System

January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Analytical Criteria Used to Compile the FFL Theft/Loss Statistics
  3. Definitions
  4. Table: FFL Theft/Loss Firearm Counts by Firearm Type and FFL Theft/Loss Category
  5. Table: FFL Theft/Loss Reports by State/Territory and Theft/Loss Category
  6. Summation

Introduction

Federal firearms licensees (FFLs) must report to ATF each missing, lost, or stolen firearm from the FFL's inventory or collection within 48 hours of discovery of the loss or theft by completing and forwarding a Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report (ATF Form 3310.11). In addition, the FFL must also report the firearm theft or loss to the appropriate local law enforcement agency.
 

Analytical Criteria Used to Compile the FFL Theft/Loss Statistics

Queries of the Firearms Tracing System (FTS) were used to determine which firearms were reported in Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Thefts/Losses. This information was extracted from the FTS on January 2, 2026.

  • FFL Theft/Loss Reports where the reported incident dates were from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, were selected.
  • Firearms reported in FFL Theft/Loss Reports and subsequently determined not lost/stolen were excluded from the totals.
  • The high number of reported firearm losses associated with Minnesota are due to a single Federal Firearms Licensee audit.

Definitions

Burglary: The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.

Larceny: The unlawful taking or carrying away property from the possessor or of another.

Robbery: Taking anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence.

Loss: When an FFL takes a firearm into its inventory and later cannot account for the disposition of the firearm from its inventory during an inventory reconciliation.
 

FFL Theft/Loss Firearm Counts by Firearm Type and FFL Theft/Loss Category

Calendar Year 2025

 

Firearm Types

TOTALS

Burglary
Firearm
Count

Larceny
Firearm
Count

Robbery
Firearm
Count

Loss
Firearm
Count

Pistols

4,499

1,222

852

69

2,356

Rifles

2,593

334

265

5

1,989

Shotguns

1,188

88

74

3

1,023

Receivers/Frames

1,043

23

32

0

988

Revolvers

762

54

70

0

638

Silencers

197

13

38

0

146

Derringers

49

9

2

0

38

Unknown Types

34

5

1

0

28

Machineguns

9

0

4

0

5

Combination Guns

7

0

0

0

7

Any Other Weapons

1

0

0

0

1

Destructive Devices

1

0

0

0

1

TOTALS

10,383

1,748

1,338

77

7,220

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FFL Theft/Loss Reports by State/Territory and Theft/Loss Category

Calendar Year 2025

 

State/Territory

All

Burglary

Larceny

Robbery

Loss

Reports

Firearm
Count

Reports

Firearm
Count

Reports

Firearm
Count

Reports

Firearm
Count

Reports

Firearm
Count

Alabama

45

124

6

50

14

18

0

0

25

56

Alaska

13

29

1

17

8

8

0

0

4

4

Arizona

56

233

6

47

18

100

3

29

29

57

Arkansas

41

293

4

22

7

15

0

0

30

256

California

154

334

9

72

103

119

3

3

39

140

Colorado

27

182

8

124

9

18

0

0

10

40

Connecticut

19

226

1

9

1

1

0

0

17

216

Delaware

3

4

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

3

Florida

98

476

0

0

12

56

0

0

86

420

Georgia

75

363

8

69

21

30

0

0

46

264

Guam

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hawaii

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Idaho

19

294

1

1

3

3

0

0

15

290

Illinois

26

192

5

28

2

7

0

0

19

157

Indiana

36

74

6

15

11

12

0

0

19

47

Iowa

12

87

1

14

3

3

0

0

8

70

Kansas

24

69

1

10

12

18

0

0

11

41

Kentucky

33

116

4

25

7

7

0

0

22

84

Louisiana

33

469

3

24

12

23

0

0

18

422

Maine

9

24

1

5

3

5

0

0

5

14

Maryland

21

45

1

13

4

5

1

4

15

23

Massachusetts

14

46

2

6

2

2

0

0

10

38

Michigan

33

511

5

49

3

180

0

0

25

282

Minnesota

26

360

2

10

5

5

0

0

19

345

Mississippi

36

201

11

84

6

7

0

0

19

110

Missouri

39

249

1

20

12

99

1

1

25

129

Montana

18

263

2

17

4

30

0

0

12

216

Nebraska

16

77

0

0

3

3

0

0

13

74

Nevada

24

67

2

13

10

19

0

0

12

35

New Hampshire

17

94

0

0

1

1

0

0

16

93

New Jersey

5

102

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

102

New Mexico

18

49

3

15

4

10

0

0

11

24

New York

19

126

1

9

0

0

0

0

18

117

North Carolina

78

717

10

69

18

217

2

2

48

429

North Dakota

2

6

1

5

1

1

0

0

0

0

Northern Mariana Islands

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ohio

39

108

3

49

13

18

0

0

23

41

Oklahoma

39

176

9

65

11

24

0

0

19

87

Oregon

14

94

2

7

4

4

0

0

8

83

Pennsylvania

161

837

8

163

70

73

10

10

73

591

Puerto Rico

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Rhode Island

6

250

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

250

South Carolina

36

351

9

86

9

9

0

0

18

256

South Dakota

10

24

0

0

3

4

0

0

7

20

Tennessee

61

323

7

113

16

22

1

3

37

185

Texas

136

740

24

296

45

60

5

25

62

359

U.S. Virgin Islands

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Utah

30

216

4

23

5

7

0

0

21

186

Vermont

9

36

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

36

Virginia

53

167

5

63

16

21

0

0

32

83

Washington

23

303

2

38

7

10

0

0

14

255

Washington D.C.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

West Virginia

11

102

1

1

2

3

0

0

8

98

Wisconsin

29

91

1

2

9

14

0

0

19

75

Wyoming

7

63

0

0

1

46

0

0

6

17

TOTAL

1,753

10,383

181

1,748

531

1,338

26

77

1,015

7,220

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Summation

For calendar year 2025, ATF data provides that the 10 FFLs with the most firearms reported in Theft/Loss Reports are associated with 2,093 firearms reported lost or stolen. The 100 FFLs with the most firearms reported in Theft/Loss Reports are associated with 5,182 firearms reported lost or stolen. This data is limited to Type 01 (dealer in firearms other than destructive devices) and Type 02 (pawnbroker in firearms other than destructive devices) FFLs. Five FFLs tied in the final ranking of the 100, Type 01 and Type 02 FFLs resulting in 101 total FFLs. 

Last updated
February 27, 2025

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