Table 128
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2016
Area1 | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | 1,340 | 88 | 35 | 0 | 25 | 576 | 90 | 526 |
NORTHEAST | 63 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 14 |
New England | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
Connecticut | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Maine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Massachusetts | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
New Hampshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vermont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Middle Atlantic | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 6 |
New Jersey | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
New York | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 |
Pennsylvania | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
MIDWEST | 285 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 217 |
East North Central | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
Illinois | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ohio | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Wisconsin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
West North Central | 255 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 215 |
Iowa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kansas | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Missouri | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
North Dakota | 103 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 96 |
South Dakota | 127 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 115 |
SOUTH | 424 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 214 | 39 | 119 |
South Atlantic | 142 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 5 | 36 |
Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia | 73 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 19 |
Florida | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 17 |
Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maryland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
North Carolina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Virginia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
West Virginia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
East South Central | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Alabama | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mississippi | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Tennessee | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
West South Central | 251 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 27 | 76 |
Arkansas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Louisiana | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Oklahoma | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Texas | 229 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 26 | 71 |
WEST | 559 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 283 | 41 | 169 |
Mountain | 404 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 245 | 32 | 86 |
Arizona | 244 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 147 | 24 | 47 |
Colorado | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Idaho | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
Montana | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
New Mexico | 95 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 37 |
Utah | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Wyoming | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Pacific | 155 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 9 | 83 |
Alaska | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
California | 124 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 9 | 63 |
Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
Washington | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- 1Location data for 107 victim officers were not reported by the National Park Service.