Table 77

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2016

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	57,180	100.0	2,377	4.2	1,096	1.9	9,122	16.0	44,585	78.0
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	14,962	100.0	854	5.7	276	1.8	2,643	17.7	11,189	74.8
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	7,114	100.0	249	3.5	161	2.3	948	13.3	5,756	80.9
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	6,752	100.0	201	3.0	137	2.0	926	13.7	5,488	81.3
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	5,327	100.0	168	3.2	109	2.0	991	18.6	4,059	76.2
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	4,305	100.0	94	2.2	84	2.0	690	16.0	3,437	79.8
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	4,205	100.0	125	3.0	87	2.1	592	14.1	3,401	80.9
Metropolitan counties	11,846	100.0	515	4.3	181	1.5	1,864	15.7	9,286	78.4
Nonmetropolitan counties	2,669	100.0	171	6.4	61	2.3	468	17.5	1,969	73.8

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