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Table 105

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

Age Group of Victim Officer by Race and Sex, 2008–2017

Age group Total Race Sex
White Black/
African
American 		American
Indian/
Alaska Native 		Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 Asian1 Native Hawaiian/
Other Pacific Islander1 		Race
not
reported 		Male Female Sex
not
reported
Number of victim officers 1,094 932 103 10 8 19 3 19 1,037 56 1
Under 25 49 44 3 0 1 0 0 1 47 2 0
25–30 234 206 19 3 1 4 0 1 217 17 0
31–35 235 208 15 2 2 5 1 2 223 12 0
36–40 202 168 23 1 3 5 2 0 196 6 0
41–45 154 130 21 1 0 2 0 0 145 9 0
46–50 107 89 15 1 0 2 0 0 104 3 0
51–55 50 42 5 1 1 0 0 1 44 6 0
56–60 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
Over 60 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Not reported 34 18 1 0 0 1 0 14 32 1 1
  • 1For 2008, 2009, and 2010, the race categories "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander" were combined.
  • 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.