Table 89
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2008–2017
Area | Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | 1,094 | 114 | 106 | 104 | 110 | 105 | 126 | 106 | 102 | 119 | 102 |
NORTHEAST | 144 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
New England | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Connecticut | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Maine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Massachusetts | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
New Hampshire | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vermont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Middle Atlantic | 118 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
New Jersey | 37 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
New York | 34 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Pennsylvania | 47 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
MIDWEST | 165 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 20 |
East North Central | 82 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indiana | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Michigan | 37 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
Ohio | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Wisconsin | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
West North Central | 83 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
Iowa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Kansas | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Missouri | 62 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
Nebraska | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Dakota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
SOUTH | 486 | 55 | 56 | 45 | 49 | 43 | 52 | 46 | 45 | 54 | 41 |
South Atlantic | 190 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 16 |
Delaware | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Florida | 54 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Georgia | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Maryland | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
North Carolina | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
South Carolina | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Virginia | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
West Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
East South Central | 94 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
Alabama | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kentucky | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Mississippi | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Tennessee | 51 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
West South Central | 202 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 27 | 22 |
Arkansas | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Louisiana | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Oklahoma | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Texas | 139 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 15 |
WEST | 296 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 27 | 31 | 45 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 35 |
Mountain | 146 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 10 |
Arizona | 48 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Colorado | 34 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Idaho | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Montana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
New Mexico | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Utah | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wyoming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pacific | 150 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 25 |
Alaska | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
California | 115 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 21 |
Hawaii | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.