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Home LEOKA 2016 Tables Table 88

Table 88

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

Age Group of Victim Officer, 2012–2016

Age group Total 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of victim officers 522 105 126 106 102 83
Under 25 24 3 9 3 3 6
25–30 94 17 26 23 20 8
31–35 103 22 26 22 15 18
36–40 101 25 24 22 19 11
41–45 82 18 13 12 24 15
46–50 54 9 11 12 7 15
51–55 21 5 5 4 5 2
56–60 10 1 0 0 5 4
Over 60 5 0 2 0 2 1
Not reported 28 5 10 8 2 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.