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Table 81

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms or Knives/Other Cutting Instruments

Population Group/Agency Type, 2010–2014

Population group/agency type Total 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Number of victim officers 533 104 110 105 126 88
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 160 36 32 25 46 21
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 65 7 14 9 24 11
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 53 9 10 18 9 7
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 36 5 7 10 4 10
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 28 7 6 6 4 5
Group VI (cities under 10,000) 33 6 11 7 3 6
Metropolitan counties 89 27 10 17 19 16
Nonmetropolitan counties 35 4 9 7 11 4
State agencies 25 3 6 6 5 5
Federal agencies 6 0 4 0 1 1
Puerto Rico and other outlying areas 3 0 1 0 0 2
  • NOTE: Assault with injury data in this table reflects only a subset of those incidents reported to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. For more information in reference to this data collection, see Detailed Assault Data.