Table 90
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Population Group/Agency Type, 2008–2017
| Population group/agency type | 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 |
| Group I (cities 250,000 and over) | 349 | 41 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 25 | 46 | 25 | 36 | 38 | 41 |
| Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) | 128 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
| Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) | 83 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) | 84 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) | 61 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Group VI (cities under 10,000) | 84 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| Metropolitan counties | 188 | 15 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 22 |
| Nonmetropolitan counties | 55 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| State agencies | 51 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Federal agencies | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico and other outlying areas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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.
