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Home • LEOKA • 2017 • Tables • Table 86

Table 86

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2017

Area Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument 		Other
dangerous
weapon 		Personal
weapons 		Number of
reporting
agencies 		Population
covered 		Number of
officers
employed
Number of victim officers 60,211 2,677 1,083 10,209 46,242 12,198 269,607,605 596,604
NORTHEAST 8,134 152 95 983 6,904 2,941 53,854,793 144,492
New England 3,786 40 36 567 3,143 818 14,110,597 30,046
Connecticut 717 7 1 93 616 106 3,569,335 7,826
Maine 164 9 0 10 145 131 1,314,014 2,272
Massachusetts 2,311 15 31 402 1,863 283 6,311,671 13,837
New Hampshire 256 7 1 24 224 162 1,241,229 2,409
Rhode Island 212 2 0 25 185 49 1,059,639 2,504
Vermont 126 0 3 13 110 87 614,709 1,198
Middle Atlantic 4,348 112 59 416 3,761 2,123 39,744,196 114,446
New Jersey 1,539 33 13 136 1,357 576 9,005,644 31,383
New York 767 9 7 88 663 434 18,567,541 61,812
Pennsylvania 2,042 70 39 192 1,741 1,113 12,171,011 21,251
MIDWEST 7,045 401 112 1,183 5,349 2,837 41,414,248 81,923
East North Central 2,789 136 52 498 2,103 1,394 23,926,032 46,670
Illinois1 102 0 1 19 82 1 146,770 284
Indiana 405 11 3 43 348 160 2,007,764 3,823
Michigan 1,019 73 32 170 744 566 9,666,488 16,897
Ohio 458 17 11 161 269 266 6,477,719 12,993
Wisconsin 805 35 5 105 660 401 5,627,291 12,673
West North Central 4,256 265 60 685 3,246 1,443 17,488,216 35,253
Iowa 594 19 14 121 440 237 3,081,556 4,700
Kansas 548 17 6 63 462 76 805,310 2,037
Minnesota 382 15 7 90 270 378 5,545,325 9,584
Missouri 2,118 207 24 339 1,548 509 5,990,417 14,586
Nebraska 38 1 0 5 32 25 521,593 951
North Dakota 229 2 2 25 200 109 754,604 1,735
South Dakota 347 4 7 42 294 109 789,411 1,660
SOUTH 24,633 1,169 445 4,714 18,305 4,445 98,899,933 227,485
South Atlantic 14,447 603 206 2,168 11,470 2,137 55,422,893 133,682
Delaware 406 26 7 94 279 57 956,493 2,328
District of Columbia2 1,131 33 8 300 790 3 693,972 4,228
Florida 5,845 247 109 950 4,539 321 19,116,485 45,870
Georgia 1,006 40 15 133 818 425 8,944,911 23,426
Maryland 1,702 37 19 192 1,454 130 4,437,891 11,853
North Carolina 1,752 67 26 143 1,516 279 7,739,481 17,701
South Carolina 538 54 3 96 385 275 3,835,566 8,908
Virginia 1,584 66 10 176 1,332 408 8,149,201 16,394
West Virginia 483 33 9 84 357 239 1,548,893 2,974
East South Central 4,096 241 119 1,582 2,154 943 13,823,590 30,495
Alabama 920 3 2 797 118 122 2,133,804 4,554
Kentucky 1,183 54 15 226 888 332 4,071,745 6,640
Mississippi 53 4 1 17 31 56 1,095,337 2,733
Tennessee 1,940 180 101 542 1,117 433 6,522,704 16,568
West South Central 6,090 325 120 964 4,681 1,365 29,653,450 63,308
Arkansas 343 33 8 53 249 287 2,834,297 5,685
Louisiana 1,524 46 19 420 1,039 144 3,666,185 11,704
Oklahoma 951 68 21 168 694 409 3,915,515 8,792
Texas 3,272 178 72 323 2,699 525 19,237,453 37,127
WEST 20,399 955 431 3,329 15,684 1,975 75,438,631 142,704
Mountain 6,557 387 157 1,133 4,880 839 22,440,061 44,430
Arizona 2,452 128 77 412 1,835 95 6,775,039 12,336
Colorado 1,325 125 40 247 913 213 5,514,928 12,164
Idaho 413 27 7 93 286 106 1,698,227 2,806
Montana 658 17 6 101 534 107 1,042,018 1,661
Nevada 483 38 11 113 321 52 2,998,039 6,766
New Mexico 499 33 8 99 359 96 833,980 2,607
Utah 651 12 8 58 573 115 3,027,118 4,851
Wyoming 76 7 0 10 59 55 550,712 1,239
Pacific 13,842 568 274 2,196 10,804 1,136 52,998,570 98,274
Alaska 717 74 23 125 495 32 736,205 1,229
California 10,776 430 201 1,580 8,565 680 39,529,144 78,094
Hawaii3 298 3 7 82 206 4 1,427,538 2,951
Oregon 490 3 8 120 359 174 3,931,089 6,517
Washington 1,561 58 35 289 1,179 246 7,374,594 9,483
  • 1Data represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Rockford Police Department.
  • 2Data represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Metropolitan Police Department, the Metro Transit Police Department,
    and the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services.
  • 3Data represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Hawaii County, Honolulu, Kauai County, and Maui County Police
    Departments.