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Home LEOKA 2017 Tables Table 97

Table 97

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

Month of Incident, 2008–2017

Month 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
January 100 9 7 8 11 12 15 10 11 14 3
February 95 9 11 6 10 8 12 8 8 15 8
March 105 8 8 13 12 12 11 11 13 7 10
April 86 7 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 7
May 80 12 12 13 10 9 1 7 6 6 4
June 89 15 8 7 11 6 10 7 1 9 15
July 90 9 6 9 10 10 6 8 11 15 6
August 90 12 6 8 6 12 12 9 11 5 9
September 105 13 16 10 4 7 14 7 8 13 13
October 82 6 5 7 7 5 26 9 6 4 7
November 83 4 8 7 7 6 7 9 12 13 10
December 89 10 10 7 13 9 4 12 6 8 10
  • 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.