Table 1
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2008–2017
Area | Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | 496 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 72 | 49 | 27 | 51 | 41 | 66 | 46 |
NORTHEAST | 50 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
New England | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Massachusetts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
New Hampshire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Middle Atlantic | 44 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
New Jersey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Pennsylvania | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
MIDWEST | 92 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 11 |
East North Central | 55 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Illinois | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Indiana | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Michigan | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ohio | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Wisconsin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
West North Central | 37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Iowa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Kansas | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Minnesota | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Missouri | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
North Dakota | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
South Dakota | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SOUTH | 219 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 30 | 24 |
South Atlantic | 98 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 8 |
Delaware | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Georgia | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Maryland | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
North Carolina | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
South Carolina | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Virginia | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
West Virginia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East South Central | 35 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Alabama | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kentucky | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mississippi | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Tennessee | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
West South Central | 86 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
Arkansas | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Louisiana | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Texas | 50 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
WEST | 110 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 6 |
Mountain | 51 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
Arizona | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Colorado | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Idaho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nevada | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
New Mexico | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Utah | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pacific | 59 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Alaska | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
California | 38 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Washington | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS | 25 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |