Table 72

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2013

Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion
Number of victim officers	49,851	100.0	2,266	4.5	881	1.8	6,919	13.9	39,785	79.8
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	12,677	100.0	871	6.9	215	1.7	1,624	12.8	9,967	78.6
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	6,429	100.0	247	3.8	113	1.8	874	13.6	5,195	80.8
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	5,513	100.0	156	2.8	101	1.8	793	14.4	4,463	81.0
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	3,575	100.0	117	3.3	60	1.7	445	12.4	2,953	82.6
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	3,588	100.0	68	1.9	58	1.6	481	13.4	2,981	83.1
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	3,645	100.0	103	2.8	75	2.1	461	12.6	3,006	82.5
Metropolitan counties	12,585	100.0	557	4.4	209	1.7	1,896	15.1	9,923	78.8
Nonmetropolitan counties	1,839	100.0	147	8.0	50	2.7	345	18.8	1,297	70.5

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