Table 119
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms
Type of Firearm and Size of Ammunition, 2009–2018
Type of firearm | Size of ammunition | Total | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Number of victim officers assaulted and injured with firearms | Total | 789 | 79 | 75 | 77 | 74 | 99 | 71 | 76 | 103 | 78 | 57 |
Handgun | Total | 542 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 56 | 72 | 53 | 50 | 64 | 46 | 40 |
.17-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.22-caliber | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
.223-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.25-caliber | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.32-caliber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
.357-caliber | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
.357 Magnum | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
.38-caliber | 54 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | |
.380-caliber | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
.40-caliber | 90 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | |
.41-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
.410-gauge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.44-caliber | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.44 Magnum | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.45-caliber | 76 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
9 millimeter | 170 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 15 | |
10 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Unknown | 25 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
Not reported | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Rifle | Total | 141 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 11 |
.22-caliber | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
.22 Magnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.223-caliber | 23 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
.30-06-caliber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
.30-30-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.308-caliber | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.40-caliber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.45-caliber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
5.45x39 millimeter | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
5.56x45 millimeter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
6.5 millimeter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
7 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7.62 millimeter | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
7.62x39 millimeter | 49 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | |
7.62x51 millimeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
7.62x54 millimeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 millimeter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Unknown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Not reported | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Shotgun | Total | 69 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
12-gauge | 48 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
20-gauge | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
.410-gauge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Unknown | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Not reported | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Multiple firearms used by offender(s)1 |
Total | 28 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Unknown | Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Not reported | Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- 1Beginning in 2011, a new option was added: "Multiple firearms used by offender(s)."
- 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.