Table 87

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2018

Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion
Number of victim officers	58,866	100.0	2,116	3.6	1,163	2.0	8,889	15.1	46,698	79.3
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	14,888	100.0	786	5.3	305	2.0	2,365	15.9	11,432	76.8
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	7,434	100.0	236	3.2	162	2.2	1,032	13.9	6,004	80.8
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	7,218	100.0	228	3.2	140	1.9	987	13.7	5,863	81.2
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	4,914	100.0	130	2.6	80	1.6	727	14.8	3,977	80.9
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	4,392	100.0	115	2.6	82	1.9	648	14.8	3,547	80.8
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	4,341	100.0	89	2.1	95	2.2	601	13.8	3,556	81.9
Metropolitan counties	13,137	100.0	392	3.0	238	1.8	1,994	15.2	10,513	80.0
Nonmetropolitan counties	2,542	100.0	140	5.5	61	2.4	535	21.0	1,806	71.0

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