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Table 83

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Population Group and Percent Cleared,1, 2 2017

Circumstance Total Percent
cleared 		Group I
(cities 250,000
and over) 		Group II
(cities 100,000—
249,999) 		Group III
(cities 50,000—
99,999) 		Group IV
(cities 25,000—
49,999) 		Group V
(cities 10,000—
24,999) 		Group VI
(cities under
10,000) 		Metropolitan
counties 		Nonmetropolitan
counties
Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared
Number of victim officers 60,211 86.7 14,581 85.6 7,515 87.9 6,906 87.4 5,239 85.7 4,751 86.4 4,868 82.0 13,391 89.0 2,960 86.1
Disturbance call 18,329 88.3 3,722 88.1 2,804 90.2 2,591 87.6 1,888 88.4 1,607 89.5 1,463 79.6 3,425 90.0 829 90.0
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect 894 87.9 304 84.2 105 85.7 120 90.8 65 87.7 54 96.3 40 82.5 167 90.4 39 97.4
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect 498 86.7 171 83.6 72 86.1 61 83.6 21 85.7 17 82.4 22 90.9 125 92.0 9 100.0
Attempting other arrest 9,505 90.4 2,146 90.4 1,327 84.0 1,161 88.4 849 88.8 798 89.2 884 85.1 1,904 99.3 436 92.7
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) 783 71.0 300 52.3 98 93.9 85 87.1 63 87.3 41 92.7 56 87.5 110 57.3 30 93.3
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner 7,493 88.1 1,725 93.0 792 90.8 713 88.9 545 88.4 477 88.1 530 85.5 2,232 86.2 479 75.8
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance 5,697 84.5 1,662 85.0 725 86.2 656 85.1 470 81.9 399 83.7 546 81.9 1,063 84.9 176 86.4
Ambush situation 292 80.1 121 71.1 33 127.3 13 69.2 7 100.0 2 50.0 19 84.2 81 79.0 16 56.3
Handling person with mental illness 2,215 83.3 525 85.7 201 74.6 245 78.4 176 77.8 195 84.6 232 82.8 535 92.1 106 63.2
Traffic pursuit/stop 5,108 83.0 1,155 75.2 544 84.7 489 88.5 321 81.9 359 85.2 484 77.3 1,288 85.5 468 92.7
All other 9,397 84.2 2,750 82.8 814 88.6 772 88.3 834 79.1 802 78.1 592 83.4 2,461 87.1 372 82.3
  • 1Offenses reported to the national UCR Program can be cleared by arrest or exceptional means (when elements beyond law enforcement's control prevent the agency from placing formal charges against the offender).
  • 2Percent cleared may include clearances for previous years' offenses.