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Table 83

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Population Group and Percent Cleared,1, 2 2018

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 58,866 86.8 14,888 87.8 7,434 87.2 7,218 87.4 4,914 84.2 4,392 88.1 4,341 82.0 13,137 87.7 2,542 83.5
Disturbance call 18,232 89.1 3,927 92.8 2,791 90.8 2,672 86.6 1,723 88.9 1,573 90.9 1,327 81.2 3,598 88.9 621 81.6
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect 762 87.7 278 83.5 134 93.3 80 86.3 57 80.7 44 90.9 32 87.5 116 94.0 21 90.5
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect 497 87.7 187 88.8 72 83.3 67 94.0 36 88.9 11 81.8 32 93.8 78 83.3 14 78.6
Attempting other arrest 9,688 89.5 2,361 92.5 1,287 83.6 1,298 89.9 933 84.6 759 89.5 799 90.1 1,853 92.0 398 87.7
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) 590 90.2 147 86.4 100 93.0 118 92.4 34 94.1 24 91.7 41 87.8 105 91.4 21 81.0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner 7,286 87.4 1,868 94.1 712 90.4 688 86.3 565 79.5 430 89.1 463 79.5 2,146 86.5 414 76.6
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance 5,644 86.9 1,479 88.6 697 84.4 726 90.2 501 81.8 451 89.4 461 81.1 1,155 87.1 174 89.7
Ambush situation 300 75.0 127 79.5 18 94.4 15 73.3 21 76.2 14 71.4 27 63.0 58 65.5 20 75.0
Handling person with mental illness 2,230 80.6 579 82.2 190 74.2 232 79.7 170 79.4 176 83.5 229 86.0 573 78.9 81 79.0
Traffic pursuit/stop 4,809 82.2 1,132 76.6 483 79.3 521 85.2 295 84.1 374 84.2 345 80.9 1,183 85.0 476 86.3
All other 8,828 82.5 2,803 78.9 950 86.1 801 87.1 579 77.4 536 80.8 585 73.8 2,272 87.5 302 85.1
  • 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.