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Table 95

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

Age Group of Victim Officer by Race and Sex, 2011–2015

Age group Total Race Sex
White Black/
African American
American
Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/Native
Hawaiian/Other
Pacific Islander
Race
not
reported
Male Female Sex
not
reported
Number of victim officers 532 449 48 2 17 16 502 26 4
Under 25 24 22 1 0 0 1 23 1 0
25–30 108 98 6 1 3 0 103 5 0
31–35 110 96 7 1 4 2 105 5 0
36–40 101 83 12 0 6 0 97 4 0
41–45 75 63 9 0 2 1 69 6 0
46–50 52 42 7 0 2 1 50 2 0
51–55 22 18 4 0 0 0 19 3 0
56–60 9 8 1 0 0 0 9 0 0
Over 60 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Not reported 27 15 1 0 0 11 23 0 4
  • 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.