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.