Handgun permits on Long Island
Long Island authorities reported issuing 70,199 active handgun permits as of late 2017 and early 2018, a 5.6 percent increase over the numbers they reported in July 2016. The information was obtained from the Nassau and Suffolk County police and the Suffolk Sheriff's Office through requests under the state's Freedom of Information Law. The statistics obviously do not include illegal handguns. The map gives a breakdown by ZIP Code. Areas marked with an asterisk have more than one ZIP Code associated with their territory, and some ZIP Codes have more communities than those listed. Read our last story about
handgun concentration on Long Island.
Pistol permits per 100 residents
- Up to 2
- 2-3
- 3-4
- 4-5
- 5-8
- More than 8
| Zip Code | Community | 2017 permits | 2017 permits per 100 people | 2016 permits | Change in permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zip Code 11765 | Community Mill Neck | 2017 permits 26 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.467 | 2016 permits 20 | Change in permits 6 |
| Zip Code 11766 | Community Mount Sinai | 2017 permits 510 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.087 | 2016 permits 489 | Change in permits 21 |
| Zip Code 11767 | Community Nesconset | 2017 permits 514 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.349 | 2016 permits 473 | Change in permits 41 |
| Zip Code 11768 | Community Northport | 2017 permits 778 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.640 | 2016 permits 741 | Change in permits 37 |
| Zip Code 11769 | Community Oakdale | 2017 permits 409 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.709 | 2016 permits 385 | Change in permits 24 |
| Zip Code 11770 | Community Ocean Beach | 2017 permits 10 | 2017 permits per 100 people 15.385 | 2016 permits 12 | Change in permits -2 |
| Zip Code 11771 | Community Oyster Bay | 2017 permits 256 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.707 | 2016 permits 205 | Change in permits 51 |
| Zip Code 11772 | Community Patchogue | 2017 permits 1,139 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.518 | 2016 permits 1,080 | Change in permits 59 |
| Zip Code 11776 | Community Port Jefferson Station | 2017 permits 680 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.583 | 2016 permits 671 | Change in permits 9 |
| Zip Code 11777 | Community Port Jefferson | 2017 permits 264 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.947 | 2016 permits 245 | Change in permits 19 |
| Zip Code 11778 | Community Rocky Point | 2017 permits 363 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.938 | 2016 permits 326 | Change in permits 37 |
| Zip Code 11779 | Community Ronkonkoma | 2017 permits 1,242 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.261 | 2016 permits 1,211 | Change in permits 31 |
| Zip Code 11780 | Community Saint James | 2017 permits 639 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.094 | 2016 permits 602 | Change in permits 37 |
| Zip Code 11782 | Community Sayville | 2017 permits 572 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.727 | 2016 permits 538 | Change in permits 34 |
| Zip Code 11783 | Community Seaford | 2017 permits 817 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.744 | 2016 permits 730 | Change in permits 87 |
| Zip Code 11784 | Community Selden | 2017 permits 678 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.585 | 2016 permits 668 | Change in permits 10 |
| Zip Code 11786 | Community Shoreham | 2017 permits 235 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.906 | 2016 permits 203 | Change in permits 32 |
| Zip Code 11787 | Community Smithtown | 2017 permits 1,422 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.946 | 2016 permits 1,310 | Change in permits 112 |
| Zip Code 11788 | Community Hauppauge | 2017 permits 636 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.973 | 2016 permits 590 | Change in permits 46 |
| Zip Code 11789 | Community Sound Beach | 2017 permits 221 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.694 | 2016 permits 223 | Change in permits -2 |
| Zip Code 11790 | Community Stony Brook | 2017 permits 364 | 2017 permits per 100 people 1.982 | 2016 permits 366 | Change in permits -2 |
| Zip Code 11791 | Community Syosset | 2017 permits 520 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.047 | 2016 permits 472 | Change in permits 48 |
| Zip Code 11792 | Community Wading River | 2017 permits 449 | 2017 permits per 100 people 5.098 | 2016 permits 403 | Change in permits 46 |
| Zip Code 11793 | Community Wantagh | 2017 permits 1,128 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.565 | 2016 permits 1,051 | Change in permits 77 |
| Zip Code 11794 | Community Stony Brook | 2017 permits 3 | 2017 permits per 100 people 0.101 | 2016 permits 3 | Change in permits 0 |
| Zip Code 11795 | Community West Islip | 2017 permits 1,029 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.067 | 2016 permits 1,006 | Change in permits 23 |
| Zip Code 11796 | Community West Sayville | 2017 permits 121 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.977 | 2016 permits 107 | Change in permits 14 |
| Zip Code 11797 | Community Woodbury | 2017 permits 141 | 2017 permits per 100 people 1.627 | 2016 permits 113 | Change in permits 28 |
| Zip Code 11798 | Community Wyandanch | 2017 permits 160 | 2017 permits per 100 people 1.123 | 2016 permits 161 | Change in permits -1 |
| Zip Code 11801 | Community Hicksville * | 2017 permits 833 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.046 | 2016 permits 895 | Change in permits -62 |
| Zip Code 11803 | Community Plainview | 2017 permits 557 | 2017 permits per 100 people 1.973 | 2016 permits 565 | Change in permits -8 |
| Zip Code 11804 | Community Old Bethpage | 2017 permits 100 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.133 | 2016 permits 91 | Change in permits 9 |
| Zip Code 11901 | Community Riverhead/Flanders | 2017 permits 694 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.338 | 2016 permits 616 | Change in permits 78 |
| Zip Code 11930 | Community Amagansett | 2017 permits 48 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.859 | 2016 permits 45 | Change in permits 3 |
| Zip Code 11931 | Community Aquebogue | 2017 permits 102 | 2017 permits per 100 people 300.000 | 2016 permits 94 | Change in permits 8 |
| Zip Code 11932 | Community Bridgehampton | 2017 permits 35 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.829 | 2016 permits 39 | Change in permits -4 |
| Zip Code 11933 | Community Baiting Hollow/Calverton | 2017 permits 289 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.913 | 2016 permits 265 | Change in permits 24 |
| Zip Code 11934 | Community Center Moriches | 2017 permits 270 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.342 | 2016 permits 254 | Change in permits 16 |
| Zip Code 11935 | Community Cutchogue | 2017 permits 159 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.991 | 2016 permits 143 | Change in permits 16 |
| Zip Code 11937 | Community East Hampton/Springs/Northwest Harbor | 2017 permits 354 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.247 | 2016 permits 312 | Change in permits 42 |
| Zip Code 11939 | Community East Marion | 2017 permits 38 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.171 | 2016 permits 35 | Change in permits 3 |
| Zip Code 11940 | Community East Moriches | 2017 permits 224 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.319 | 2016 permits 205 | Change in permits 19 |
| Zip Code 11941 | Community Eastport | 2017 permits 134 | 2017 permits per 100 people 6.527 | 2016 permits 102 | Change in permits 32 |
| Zip Code 11942 | Community East Quogue | 2017 permits 202 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.488 | 2016 permits 185 | Change in permits 17 |
| Zip Code 11944 | Community Greenport | 2017 permits 93 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.210 | 2016 permits 86 | Change in permits 7 |
| Zip Code 11946 | Community Hampton Bays | 2017 permits 424 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.096 | 2016 permits 386 | Change in permits 38 |
| Zip Code 11947 | Community Jamesport | 2017 permits 74 | 2017 permits per 100 people 70.476 | 2016 permits 65 | Change in permits 9 |
| Zip Code 11948 | Community Laurel | 2017 permits 34 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.855 | 2016 permits 35 | Change in permits -1 |
| Zip Code 11949 | Community Manorville | 2017 permits 650 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.307 | 2016 permits 589 | Change in permits 61 |
| Zip Code 11950 | Community Mastic | 2017 permits 368 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.254 | 2016 permits 354 | Change in permits 14 |
| Zip Code 11951 | Community Mastic Beach | 2017 permits 272 | 2017 permits per 100 people 1.949 | 2016 permits 261 | Change in permits 11 |
| Zip Code 11952 | Community Mattituck | 2017 permits 243 | 2017 permits per 100 people 5.030 | 2016 permits 236 | Change in permits 7 |
| Zip Code 11953 | Community Middle Island | 2017 permits 422 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.172 | 2016 permits 414 | Change in permits 8 |
| Zip Code 11954 | Community Montauk | 2017 permits 126 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.590 | 2016 permits 132 | Change in permits -6 |
| Zip Code 11955 | Community Moriches | 2017 permits 132 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.007 | 2016 permits 130 | Change in permits 2 |
| Zip Code 11956 | Community New Suffolk | 2017 permits 14 | 2017 permits per 100 people 5.600 | 2016 permits 15 | Change in permits -1 |
| Zip Code 11957 | Community Orient | 2017 permits 34 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.742 | 2016 permits 29 | Change in permits 5 |
| Zip Code 11958 | Community Peconic | 2017 permits 34 | 2017 permits per 100 people 6.403 | 2016 permits 26 | Change in permits 8 |
| Zip Code 11959 | Community Quogue | 2017 permits 44 | 2017 permits per 100 people 5.399 | 2016 permits 39 | Change in permits 5 |
| Zip Code 11960 | Community Remsenburg | 2017 permits 57 | 2017 permits per 100 people 11.633 | 2016 permits 49 | Change in permits 8 |
| Zip Code 11961 | Community Ridge | 2017 permits 492 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.829 | 2016 permits 460 | Change in permits 32 |
| Zip Code 11962 | Community Sagaponack | 2017 permits 32 | 2017 permits per 100 people 6.517 | 2016 permits 31 | Change in permits 1 |
| Zip Code 11963 | Community Sag Harbor | 2017 permits 214 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.189 | 2016 permits 196 | Change in permits 18 |
| Zip Code 11964 | Community Shelter Island | 2017 permits 80 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.535 | 2016 permits 61 | Change in permits 19 |
| Zip Code 11967 | Community Shirley | 2017 permits 643 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.463 | 2016 permits 614 | Change in permits 29 |
| Zip Code 11968 | Community Southampton | 2017 permits 329 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.074 | 2016 permits 296 | Change in permits 33 |
| Zip Code 11970 | Community South Jamesport | 2017 permits 16 | 2017 permits per 100 people 14.414 | 2016 permits 15 | Change in permits 1 |
| Zip Code 11971 | Community Southold | 2017 permits 269 | 2017 permits per 100 people 4.252 | 2016 permits 251 | Change in permits 18 |
| Zip Code 11972 | Community Speonk | 2017 permits 23 | 2017 permits per 100 people 1.697 | 2016 permits 25 | Change in permits -2 |
| Zip Code 11975 | Community Wainscott | 2017 permits 19 | 2017 permits per 100 people 6.169 | 2016 permits 20 | Change in permits -1 |
| Zip Code 11976 | Community Water Mill | 2017 permits 66 | 2017 permits per 100 people 2.816 | 2016 permits 68 | Change in permits -2 |
| Zip Code 11978 | Community Quiogue, Westhampton, Westhampton Beach and Westhampton Dunes | 2017 permits 173 | 2017 permits per 100 people 5.541 | 2016 permits 164 | Change in permits 9 |
| Zip Code 11980 | Community Yaphank | 2017 permits 221 | 2017 permits per 100 people 3.932 | 2016 permits 211 | Change in permits 10 |
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