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Home LEOKA 2018 Tables Table 89

Table 89

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

Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2009–2018

Area Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of victim officers 1,062 106 104 110 105 126 106 102 119 103 81
NORTHEAST 138 24 18 11 20 12 13 10 14 6 10
New England 25 3 2 2 6 3 2 4 2 1 0
Connecticut 10 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Maine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Massachusetts 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
New Hampshire 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vermont 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Middle Atlantic 113 21 16 9 14 9 11 6 12 5 10
New Jersey 35 9 4 4 3 3 6 0 2 1 3
New York 32 6 4 3 5 1 3 2 3 3 2
Pennsylvania 46 6 8 2 6 5 2 4 7 1 5
MIDWEST 160 6 25 22 11 17 18 15 17 20 9
East North Central 81 3 14 14 6 7 8 7 6 11 5
Illinois 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Indiana 20 1 3 7 1 1 4 0 1 1 1
Michigan 37 1 8 2 3 3 2 6 2 7 3
Ohio 9 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 1
Wisconsin 14 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 2 0 0
West North Central 79 3 11 8 5 10 10 8 11 9 4
Iowa 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Kansas 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 8 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0
Missouri 61 2 10 5 5 9 5 6 8 7 4
Nebraska 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
SOUTH 467 56 45 49 43 52 46 45 54 41 36
South Atlantic 185 20 8 20 21 24 20 22 18 16 16
Delaware 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Florida 46 6 0 2 10 9 5 5 3 4 2
Georgia 35 3 0 5 4 4 5 4 3 2 5
Maryland 12 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0
North Carolina 19 4 2 2 1 0 3 2 4 1 0
South Carolina 30 3 0 2 2 2 3 5 2 2 9
Virginia 27 1 1 5 1 5 3 2 6 3 0
West Virginia 10 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 0
East South Central 78 11 11 12 12 5 5 8 9 3 2
Alabama 7 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kentucky 21 2 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 3 0
Mississippi 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0
Tennessee 42 4 7 8 4 3 4 7 3 0 2
West South Central 204 25 26 17 10 23 21 15 27 22 18
Arkansas 15 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 2 1
Louisiana 17 3 2 1 3 2 0 2 3 0 1
Oklahoma 29 2 4 2 0 2 8 3 1 5 2
Texas 143 19 17 12 5 19 13 10 19 15 14
WEST 294 20 16 27 31 45 27 32 34 36 26
Mountain 136 11 7 11 14 22 12 18 18 11 12
Arizona 43 4 2 2 4 11 1 6 6 1 6
Colorado 36 3 2 2 1 4 5 5 5 6 3
Idaho 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
Montana 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nevada 21 3 1 2 4 2 1 4 2 2 0
New Mexico 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0
Utah 17 0 2 1 5 2 4 0 1 1 1
Wyoming 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Pacific 158 9 9 16 17 23 15 14 16 25 14
Alaska 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0
California 124 6 6 15 12 16 11 13 11 21 13
Hawaii 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
Oregon 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 18 3 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 3 0
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • 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.