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Table 104

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

Age Group of Victim Officer by Race and Sex, 2017

Age group Total Race Sex
White Black/
African
American 		American
Indian/
Alaska Native 		Asian Native Hawaiian/
Other Pacific Islander 		Race
not
reported 		Male Female
Number of victim officers 102 87 10 1 3 0 1 95 7
Under 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25–30 27 23 2 1 1 0 0 25 2
31–35 21 19 0 0 2 0 0 19 2
36–40 16 15 1 0 0 0 0 15 1
41–45 16 12 4 0 0 0 0 16 0
46–50 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 10 0
51–55 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 5 2
56–60 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Over 60 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Not reported 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
  • NOTE: Assault with injury data in this table reflect only a subset of those incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. For more information about this data collection, see Detailed Assault Data.