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Table 76

Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2018

Area Total Firearm Knife or
other cutting
instrument 		Bomb Blunt
instrument 		Personal
weapons 		Vehicle Other
Number of victim officers 1,768 133 57 0 12 797 106 663
NORTHEAST 77 7 3 0 3 45 5 14
New England 11 1 1 0 0 3 1 5
Connecticut 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 9 1 1 0 0 2 0 5
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 66 6 2 0 3 42 4 9
New Jersey 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
New York 34 3 0 0 0 27 3 1
Pennsylvania 29 3 2 0 0 15 1 8
MIDWEST 307 13 4 0 0 57 8 225
East North Central 55 7 0 0 0 17 3 28
Illinois 15 5 0 0 0 0 1 9
Indiana 7 2 0 0 0 3 0 2
Michigan 23 0 0 0 0 8 2 13
Ohio 8 0 0 0 0 5 0 3
Wisconsin 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
West North Central 252 6 4 0 0 40 5 197
Iowa 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Kansas 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Minnesota 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
Missouri 23 5 2 0 0 8 5 3
Nebraska 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
North Dakota 86 0 0 0 0 3 0 83
South Dakota 121 1 2 0 0 7 0 111
SOUTH 476 45 18 0 3 258 35 117
South Atlantic 139 13 10 0 2 78 6 30
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 77 1 4 0 0 54 1 17
Florida 16 1 2 0 0 8 1 4
Georgia 8 5 0 0 0 2 1 0
Maryland 9 0 0 0 1 3 2 3
North Carolina 7 0 0 0 0 5 1 1
South Carolina 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Virginia 14 1 3 0 1 6 0 3
West Virginia 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
East South Central 38 10 1 0 0 21 3 3
Alabama 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kentucky 7 1 0 0 0 6 0 0
Mississippi 8 3 0 0 0 3 1 1
Tennessee 21 5 1 0 0 12 1 2
West South Central 299 22 7 0 1 159 26 84
Arkansas 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Louisiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma 15 4 0 0 0 8 2 1
Texas 279 17 6 0 1 151 24 80
WEST 893 66 32 0 5 432 55 303
Mountain 518 48 21 0 4 283 26 136
Arizona 298 22 7 0 2 167 13 87
Colorado 24 5 0 0 0 18 0 1
Idaho 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
Montana 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 2
Nevada 28 6 3 0 1 10 1 7
New Mexico 119 12 7 0 1 61 6 32
Utah 16 2 0 0 0 8 3 3
Wyoming 18 1 4 0 0 7 3 3
Pacific 375 18 11 0 1 149 29 167
Alaska 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
California 311 18 7 0 1 116 23 146
Hawaii 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oregon 22 0 3 0 0 8 1 10
Washington 40 0 1 0 0 25 5 9
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 2
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U.S. Virgin Islands 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
FOREIGN 6 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
Costa Rica 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doula, Cameroon 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jamaica 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mexico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Santo Domingo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOCATION NOT REPORTED1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  • 1Location data for 3 victim officers were not available by the National Park Service.