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Table 105

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

Age Group of Victim Officer by Race and Sex, 2009–2018

Age group Total Race Sex
White Black/
African
American 		American
Indian/
Alaska Native 		Asian/Native
Hawaiian/Other
Pacific Islander1 		Asian1 Native Hawaiian/
Other Pacific Islander1 		Race
not
reported 		Male Female Sex
not
reported
Number of victim officers 1,062 907 95 7 5 22 4 22 1,001 59 2
Under 25 46 41 4 0 0 0 0 1 44 2 0
25–30 229 205 15 2 0 6 0 1 212 17 0
31–35 218 192 14 2 2 5 1 2 207 11 0
36–40 191 158 21 0 3 6 3 0 183 8 0
41–45 150 127 20 1 0 2 0 0 141 9 0
46–50 108 92 13 1 0 2 0 0 105 3 0
51–55 51 44 5 1 0 0 0 1 45 6 0
56–60 22 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
Over 60 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Unknown 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0
Not reported 32 15 1 0 0 1 0 15 27 3 2
  • 1For 2009 and 2010, the race categories "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander" were combined.
  • 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.