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Table 118

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

Race and Sex of Known Offender, 2012–2016

Known offender Total 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of known offenders 449 97 109 93 85 65
Race White 252 59 50 58 43 42
Black/African American 176 34 53 33 34 22
American Indian/Alaska Native 3 0 1 1 1 0
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 13 3 3 1 5 1
Not reported 5 1 2 0 2 0
Sex Male 422 89 104 88 77 64
Female 27 8 5 5 8 1
  • 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.