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 |
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Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
Total |
Percent distribu- tion |
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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 |
- 1Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.