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Table 94

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

Age Group of Victim Officer by Race and Sex, 2016

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 83 71 8 0 0 4 76 4 3
Under 25 6 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
25–30 8 5 2 0 0 1 6 1 1
31–35 18 16 2 0 0 0 18 0 0
36–40 11 10 1 0 0 0 11 0 0
41–45 15 14 1 0 0 0 15 0 0
46–50 15 12 2 0 0 1 14 1 0
51–55 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
56–60 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Over 60 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Not reported 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 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.