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Table 95

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

Age Group of Victim Officer by Race and Sex, 2012–2016

Age group Total Race Sex
White Black/
African American
American
Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/Native
Hawaiian/Other
Pacific Islander
Race
not
reported
Male Female Sex
not
reported
Number of victim officers 522 438 47 2 15 20 491 25 6
Under 25 24 23 0 0 0 1 22 2 0
25–30 94 82 7 1 3 1 88 5 1
31–35 103 89 8 1 3 2 100 3 0
36–40 101 82 14 0 5 0 98 3 0
41–45 82 72 7 0 2 1 76 6 0
46–50 54 44 6 0 2 2 51 3 0
51–55 21 18 3 0 0 0 19 2 0
56–60 10 9 1 0 0 0 10 0 0
Over 60 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Not reported 28 14 1 0 0 13 22 1 5
  • 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.