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Table 71
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2011
Area | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Other dangerous weapon |
Personal weapons |
Number of reporting agencies |
Population covered |
Number of officers employed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | 54,774 | 2,208 | 997 | 7,808 | 43,761 | 11,944 | 251,004,326 | 535,651 |
NORTHEAST | 7,144 | 213 | 119 | 818 | 5,994 | 2,445 | 38,667,768 | 91,694 |
New England | 1,732 | 14 | 15 | 215 | 1,488 | 571 | 8,415,163 | 19,072 |
Connecticut | 846 | 8 | 3 | 126 | 709 | 101 | 3,535,972 | 8,255 |
Maine | 200 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 179 | 145 | 1,305,057 | 1,905 |
Massachusetts | 104 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 92 | 49 | 752,553 | 3,067 |
New Hampshire | 221 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 188 | 150 | 1,175,688 | 2,228 |
Rhode Island | 285 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 248 | 48 | 1,051,302 | 2,490 |
Vermont | 76 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 72 | 78 | 594,591 | 1,127 |
Middle Atlantic | 5,412 | 199 | 104 | 603 | 4,506 | 1,874 | 30,252,605 | 72,622 |
New Jersey | 2,114 | 56 | 29 | 209 | 1,820 | 537 | 8,459,344 | 28,415 |
New York | 880 | 7 | 12 | 88 | 773 | 462 | 10,254,433 | 24,620 |
Pennsylvania | 2,418 | 136 | 63 | 306 | 1,913 | 875 | 11,538,828 | 19,587 |
MIDWEST | 7,474 | 291 | 146 | 1,240 | 5,797 | 2,876 | 40,586,632 | 78,032 |
East North Central | 3,166 | 128 | 60 | 661 | 2,317 | 1,322 | 22,527,841 | 42,304 |
Illinois1 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 95 | 1 | 153,331 | 264 |
Indiana | 1,168 | 25 | 28 | 385 | 730 | 283 | 5,315,481 | 8,518 |
Michigan | 1,073 | 69 | 24 | 185 | 795 | 537 | 9,057,828 | 16,566 |
Ohio | 267 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 232 | 131 | 2,488,825 | 4,891 |
Wisconsin | 554 | 21 | 4 | 64 | 465 | 370 | 5,512,376 | 12,065 |
West North Central | 4,308 | 163 | 86 | 579 | 3,480 | 1,554 | 18,058,791 | 35,728 |
Iowa | 517 | 13 | 17 | 118 | 369 | 225 | 2,869,670 | 4,272 |
Kansas | 561 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 488 | 64 | 977,429 | 2,613 |
Minnesota | 308 | 14 | 7 | 74 | 213 | 316 | 5,263,708 | 8,712 |
Missouri | 2,400 | 119 | 35 | 274 | 1,972 | 541 | 5,883,194 | 14,403 |
Nebraska | 192 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 150 | 207 | 1,668,579 | 3,353 |
North Dakota | 106 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 93 | 93 | 666,474 | 1,149 |
South Dakota | 224 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 195 | 108 | 729,737 | 1,226 |
SOUTH | 25,028 | 957 | 414 | 3,658 | 19,999 | 4,772 | 102,616,773 | 232,858 |
South Atlantic | 16,501 | 519 | 233 | 2,188 | 13,561 | 2,326 | 58,297,627 | 137,932 |
Delaware | 487 | 18 | 16 | 91 | 362 | 54 | 906,750 | 2,274 |
District of Columbia2 | 511 | 14 | 9 | 41 | 447 | 1 | 617,996 | 3,818 |
Florida | 6,535 | 221 | 92 | 1,096 | 5,126 | 398 | 19,025,991 | 42,826 |
Georgia | 1,049 | 49 | 13 | 121 | 866 | 421 | 8,722,356 | 23,662 |
Maryland | 3,488 | 68 | 36 | 281 | 3,103 | 152 | 5,782,501 | 13,986 |
North Carolina | 2,280 | 56 | 30 | 185 | 2,009 | 368 | 8,800,200 | 20,605 |
South Carolina | 612 | 66 | 9 | 118 | 419 | 318 | 4,668,211 | 11,257 |
Virginia | 1,380 | 20 | 19 | 231 | 1,110 | 343 | 8,083,730 | 16,480 |
West Virginia | 159 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 119 | 271 | 1,689,892 | 3,024 |
East South Central | 2,674 | 211 | 68 | 563 | 1,832 | 821 | 11,513,513 | 24,871 |
Alabama3 | ||||||||
Kentucky | 799 | 33 | 16 | 143 | 607 | 287 | 3,650,951 | 5,738 |
Mississippi | 147 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 114 | 84 | 1,465,784 | 3,073 |
Tennessee | 1,728 | 168 | 51 | 398 | 1,111 | 450 | 6,396,778 | 16,060 |
West South Central | 5,853 | 227 | 113 | 907 | 4,606 | 1,625 | 32,805,633 | 70,055 |
Arkansas | 98 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 83 | 213 | 2,568,188 | 5,242 |
Louisiana | 1,306 | 39 | 13 | 345 | 909 | 79 | 2,630,919 | 8,703 |
Oklahoma | 686 | 28 | 15 | 111 | 532 | 317 | 3,726,176 | 6,635 |
Texas | 3,763 | 152 | 85 | 444 | 3,082 | 1,016 | 23,880,350 | 49,475 |
WEST | 15,128 | 747 | 318 | 2,092 | 11,971 | 1,851 | 69,133,153 | 133,067 |
Mountain | 4,808 | 297 | 142 | 713 | 3,656 | 784 | 20,920,179 | 41,173 |
Arizona | 1,900 | 131 | 39 | 283 | 1,447 | 89 | 6,064,833 | 11,673 |
Colorado | 771 | 62 | 23 | 130 | 556 | 212 | 4,904,612 | 10,906 |
Idaho | 184 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 156 | 105 | 1,579,613 | 2,731 |
Montana | 138 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 116 | 98 | 987,728 | 1,520 |
Nevada | 254 | 31 | 13 | 68 | 142 | 15 | 2,203,633 | 4,674 |
New Mexico | 886 | 45 | 50 | 147 | 644 | 88 | 1,952,552 | 4,278 |
Utah | 608 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 544 | 116 | 2,679,175 | 4,115 |
Wyoming | 67 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 61 | 548,033 | 1,276 |
Pacific | 10,320 | 450 | 176 | 1,379 | 8,315 | 1,067 | 48,212,974 | 91,894 |
Alaska | 381 | 20 | 9 | 44 | 308 | 31 | 714,559 | 1,252 |
California | 8,377 | 373 | 142 | 1,117 | 6,745 | 654 | 37,259,192 | 76,679 |
Hawaii3 | ||||||||
Oregon | 588 | 12 | 7 | 80 | 489 | 149 | 3,767,318 | 5,306 |
Washington | 974 | 45 | 18 | 138 | 773 | 233 | 6,471,905 | 8,657 |
- 1The figures represent the number of assaults on officers reported by the Rockford Police Department.
- 2The figures represent the number of assaults on officers reported by the Metropolitan Police Department.
- 3Data for Alabama and Hawaii were not available for inclusion in this table.