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Table 89

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

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2008–2017

Area 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
NORTHEAST 144 16 24 18 11 20 12 13 10 14 6
New England 26 1 3 2 2 6 3 2 4 2 1
Connecticut 10 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
Maine 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Massachusetts 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
New Hampshire 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 118 15 21 16 9 14 9 11 6 12 5
New Jersey 37 5 9 4 4 3 3 6 0 2 1
New York 34 4 6 4 3 5 1 3 2 3 3
Pennsylvania 47 6 6 8 2 6 5 2 4 7 1
MIDWEST 165 14 6 25 22 11 17 18 15 17 20
East North Central 82 6 3 14 14 6 7 8 7 6 11
Illinois 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Indiana 21 2 1 3 7 1 1 4 0 1 1
Michigan 37 3 1 8 2 3 3 2 6 2 7
Ohio 9 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 3
Wisconsin 14 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 2 0
West North Central 83 8 3 11 8 5 10 10 8 11 9
Iowa 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Kansas 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0
Missouri 62 5 2 10 5 5 9 5 6 8 7
Nebraska 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
SOUTH 486 55 56 45 49 43 52 46 45 54 41
South Atlantic 190 21 20 8 20 21 24 20 22 18 16
Delaware 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
District of Columbia 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Florida 54 10 6 0 2 10 9 5 5 3 4
Georgia 32 2 3 0 5 4 4 5 4 3 2
Maryland 17 5 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 2
North Carolina 20 1 4 2 2 1 0 3 2 4 1
South Carolina 21 0 3 0 2 2 2 3 5 2 2
Virginia 30 3 1 1 5 1 5 3 2 6 3
West Virginia 10 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 1
East South Central 94 18 11 11 12 12 5 5 8 9 3
Alabama 10 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Kentucky 22 1 2 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 3
Mississippi 11 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 0
Tennessee 51 11 4 7 8 4 3 4 7 3 0
West South Central 202 16 25 26 17 10 23 21 15 27 22
Arkansas 15 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 2
Louisiana 19 3 3 2 1 3 2 0 2 3 0
Oklahoma 29 2 2 4 2 0 2 8 3 1 5
Texas 139 10 19 17 12 5 19 13 10 19 15
WEST 296 29 20 16 27 31 45 27 32 34 35
Mountain 146 23 11 7 11 14 22 12 18 18 10
Arizona 48 11 4 2 2 4 11 1 6 6 1
Colorado 34 1 3 2 2 1 4 5 5 5 6
Idaho 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
Montana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nevada 28 8 3 1 2 4 2 1 4 2 1
New Mexico 10 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1
Utah 17 1 0 2 1 5 2 4 0 1 1
Wyoming 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pacific 150 6 9 9 16 17 23 15 14 16 25
Alaska 9 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 1
California 115 4 6 6 15 12 16 11 13 11 21
Hawaii 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Oregon 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Washington 19 1 3 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 3
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
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 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 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.