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Table 93

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

Race and Sex of Victim Officer, 2012–2016

Victim officer Total 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of victim officers 522 105 126 106 102 83
Race White 438 87 107 89 84 71
Black/African American 47 11 8 10 10 8
American Indian/Alaska Native 2 0 1 0 1 0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 15 4 5 3 3 0
Not reported 20 3 5 4 4 4
Sex Male 491 99 117 100 99 76
Female 25 6 8 5 2 4
Not reported 6 0 1 1 1 3
  • 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.