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Table 81

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group, 2017

Population group Total Rate per
100
officers 		Assaults
with
injury 		Rate per
100
officers 		Number of
reporting
agencies 		Population
covered 		Number of
officers
employed
Number of victim officers 60,211 10.1 17,476 2.9 12,198 269,607,605 596,604
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 14,581 10.4 3,843 2.7 75 56,278,673 140,641
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 7,515 16.9 2,451 5.5 198 29,200,943 44,467
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 6,906 15.4 2,111 4.7 440 30,767,175 44,923
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 5,239 12.6 1,444 3.5 741 25,740,872 41,443
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 4,751 10.9 1,359 3.1 1,509 24,060,795 43,555
Group VI (cities under 10,000)1 4,868 7.0 1,608 2.3 6,088 18,721,454 69,691
Metropolitan counties1 13,391 8.1 3,735 2.3 1,380 64,268,200 165,042
Nonmetropolitan counties1 2,960 6.3 925 2.0 1,767 20,569,493 46,842
  • 1Includes universities and colleges, state police agencies, and/or other agencies to which no population is attributed.