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Table 101

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

Age Group of Victim Officer by Years of Service, 2008–2017

Age group Total Less than
1 year 		1–5
years 		6–10
years 		11–15
years 		16–20
years 		21–25
years 		26–30
years 		More than
30 years 		Years of
service not
reported
Number of victim officers 1,094 35 338 261 176 120 68 31 21 44
Under 25 49 12 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
25–30 234 12 172 43 0 0 0 0 0 7
31–35 235 5 74 111 39 2 0 0 0 4
36–40 202 3 37 61 65 32 1 0 0 3
41–45 154 2 13 24 47 43 20 3 0 2
46–50 107 1 4 11 16 32 27 12 1 3
51–55 50 0 2 5 3 6 12 13 7 2
56–60 19 0 0 0 2 3 4 2 8 0
Over 60 10 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 0
Not reported 34 0 1 5 2 2 3 0 0 21
  • 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.