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Table 131

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

Age Group of Known Offender 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 		Unknown Not
reported 		Male Female Not
reported
Number of known offenders 943 548 363 6 2 13 3 4 4 887 55 1
Under 18 49 33 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 43 6 0
18–24 220 95 118 1 0 5 0 1 0 212 8 0
25–30 206 114 87 3 0 1 0 0 1 197 9 0
31–35 125 76 43 1 0 2 2 1 0 118 7 0
36–40 97 55 41 0 0 0 1 0 0 91 6 0
41–45 64 45 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 58 6 0
46–50 56 39 14 0 2 1 0 0 0 52 4 0
51–55 52 39 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 1 0
56–60 25 17 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 3 0
Over 60 29 24 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 0 0
Unknown 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Not reported 17 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 12 4 1
  • 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.