Table 86
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2018
Area | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Other dangerous weapon |
Personal weapons |
Number of reporting agencies |
Population covered |
Number of officers employed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | 58,866 | 2,116 | 1,163 | 8,889 | 46,698 | 11,788 | 250,650,792 | 546,247 |
NORTHEAST | 7,810 | 169 | 96 | 931 | 6,614 | 2,929 | 42,332,010 | 107,786 |
New England | 3,757 | 45 | 60 | 537 | 3,115 | 808 | 14,075,566 | 29,896 |
Connecticut | 712 | 4 | 5 | 98 | 605 | 106 | 3,572,665 | 7,792 |
Maine | 188 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 170 | 133 | 1,331,639 | 2,344 |
Massachusetts | 2,309 | 27 | 50 | 378 | 1,854 | 277 | 6,242,820 | 13,821 |
New Hampshire | 241 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 224 | 173 | 1,274,136 | 2,455 |
Rhode Island | 201 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 163 | 48 | 1,057,315 | 2,490 |
Vermont | 106 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 99 | 71 | 596,991 | 994 |
Middle Atlantic | 4,053 | 124 | 36 | 394 | 3,499 | 2,121 | 28,256,444 | 77,890 |
New Jersey | 1,525 | 38 | 7 | 144 | 1,336 | 576 | 8,908,520 | 31,817 |
New York | 768 | 2 | 15 | 92 | 659 | 478 | 9,322,242 | 24,600 |
Pennsylvania | 1,760 | 84 | 14 | 158 | 1,504 | 1,067 | 10,025,682 | 21,473 |
MIDWEST | 7,394 | 346 | 127 | 1,160 | 5,761 | 2,842 | 40,205,408 | 83,980 |
East North Central | 3,624 | 180 | 61 | 639 | 2,744 | 1,381 | 24,192,263 | 50,450 |
Illinois1 | ||||||||
Indiana | 1,259 | 23 | 8 | 156 | 1,072 | 171 | 3,161,931 | 7,645 |
Michigan | 1,013 | 71 | 31 | 181 | 730 | 590 | 9,569,228 | 17,078 |
Ohio | 493 | 38 | 13 | 168 | 274 | 206 | 5,928,788 | 13,418 |
Wisconsin | 859 | 48 | 9 | 134 | 668 | 414 | 5,532,316 | 12,309 |
West North Central | 3,770 | 166 | 66 | 521 | 3,017 | 1,461 | 16,013,145 | 33,530 |
Iowa1 | ||||||||
Kansas | 807 | 24 | 9 | 110 | 664 | 183 | 1,677,235 | 4,571 |
Minnesota | 477 | 3 | 12 | 83 | 379 | 378 | 5,570,925 | 9,862 |
Missouri | 1,904 | 133 | 34 | 269 | 1,468 | 480 | 5,719,193 | 12,597 |
Nebraska | 94 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 78 | 209 | 1,481,101 | 3,185 |
North Dakota | 194 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 175 | 103 | 757,131 | 1,725 |
South Dakota | 294 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 253 | 108 | 807,560 | 1,590 |
SOUTH | 23,092 | 876 | 455 | 3,723 | 18,038 | 4,202 | 95,351,581 | 217,528 |
South Atlantic | 13,431 | 422 | 212 | 1,790 | 11,007 | 1,955 | 51,535,660 | 122,153 |
Delaware | 406 | 9 | 7 | 81 | 309 | 49 | 964,106 | 2,259 |
District of Columbia2 | 1,091 | 29 | 16 | 248 | 798 | 3 | 702,455 | 4,393 |
Florida | 5,929 | 175 | 86 | 824 | 4,844 | 330 | 19,433,227 | 42,869 |
Georgia | 971 | 44 | 21 | 78 | 828 | 431 | 8,320,783 | 22,137 |
Maryland | 2,322 | 51 | 37 | 227 | 2,007 | 141 | 5,972,937 | 15,194 |
North Carolina | 525 | 16 | 8 | 37 | 464 | 154 | 2,665,844 | 7,375 |
South Carolina | 642 | 44 | 14 | 107 | 477 | 323 | 4,271,892 | 9,416 |
Virginia | 1,349 | 45 | 16 | 157 | 1,131 | 392 | 8,104,759 | 16,435 |
West Virginia | 196 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 149 | 132 | 1,099,657 | 2,075 |
East South Central | 3,551 | 182 | 128 | 1,081 | 2,160 | 933 | 13,368,746 | 30,421 |
Alabama | 420 | 3 | 5 | 253 | 159 | 190 | 3,038,461 | 6,532 |
Kentucky | 968 | 30 | 16 | 182 | 740 | 255 | 2,930,271 | 4,910 |
Mississippi | 64 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 759,554 | 1,961 |
Tennessee | 2,099 | 139 | 107 | 636 | 1,217 | 445 | 6,640,460 | 17,018 |
West South Central | 6,110 | 272 | 115 | 852 | 4,871 | 1,314 | 30,447,175 | 64,954 |
Arkansas | 407 | 17 | 10 | 62 | 318 | 243 | 2,739,286 | 5,712 |
Louisiana | 1,303 | 37 | 8 | 348 | 910 | 143 | 3,426,457 | 10,291 |
Oklahoma | 758 | 43 | 26 | 103 | 586 | 405 | 3,911,076 | 8,807 |
Texas | 3,642 | 175 | 71 | 339 | 3,057 | 523 | 20,370,356 | 40,144 |
WEST | 20,570 | 725 | 485 | 3,075 | 16,285 | 1,815 | 72,761,793 | 136,953 |
Mountain | 6,375 | 335 | 196 | 1,045 | 4,799 | 733 | 20,890,122 | 39,323 |
Arizona | 2,402 | 163 | 66 | 366 | 1,807 | 90 | 6,585,725 | 10,576 |
Colorado | 1,472 | 77 | 62 | 327 | 1,006 | 187 | 5,062,938 | 10,879 |
Idaho | 344 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 261 | 77 | 1,586,317 | 2,584 |
Montana | 587 | 7 | 6 | 76 | 498 | 92 | 954,272 | 1,450 |
Nevada | 454 | 35 | 24 | 84 | 311 | 43 | 3,002,111 | 6,182 |
New Mexico | 467 | 25 | 18 | 67 | 357 | 93 | 1,035,379 | 2,553 |
Utah | 574 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 502 | 98 | 2,155,764 | 3,837 |
Wyoming | 75 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 53 | 507,616 | 1,262 |
Pacific | 14,195 | 390 | 289 | 2,030 | 11,486 | 1,082 | 51,871,671 | 97,630 |
Alaska | 739 | 30 | 22 | 114 | 573 | 32 | 733,747 | 1,262 |
California | 11,040 | 282 | 197 | 1,483 | 9,078 | 674 | 39,304,477 | 78,139 |
Hawaii3 | 262 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 201 | 2 | 1,148,121 | 2,285 |
Oregon | 688 | 25 | 12 | 127 | 524 | 166 | 3,706,720 | 5,970 |
Washington | 1,466 | 47 | 46 | 263 | 1,110 | 208 | 6,978,606 | 9,974 |
- 1Data for Illinois and Iowa were not available for inclusion in this table.
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2Data represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Metropolitan Police Department, the Metro Transit Police Department,
and the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services. - 3Data represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Honolulu Police Department and the Maui Police Department.