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Table 81

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group, 2019

Population group Total Rate per
100
officers 		Assaults
with
injury 		Rate per
100
officers 		Number of
reporting
agencies 		Population
covered 		Number of
officers
employed
Number of victim officers 56,034 11.8 17,188 3.6 9,457 219,848,450 475,848
Group I (cities 250,000 and over) 13,498 14.2 4,210 4.4 75 46,120,245 94,866
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) 7,546 19.2 2,298 5.8 179 26,001,954 39,310
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) 6,952 18.6 2,034 5.5 364 25,468,695 37,297
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) 4,527 13.7 1,406 4.2 595 20,799,787 33,155
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) 3,980 11.8 1,188 3.5 1,151 18,544,835 33,718
Group VI (cities under 10,000)1 4,512 8.4 1,452 2.7 4,460 13,468,087 53,941
Metropolitan counties1 12,558 8.5 3,791 2.6 1,193 54,156,395 147,523
Nonmetropolitan counties1 2,461 6.8 809 2.2 1,440 15,288,452 36,038
  • 1Includes universities and colleges, state police agencies, and/or other agencies to which no population is attributed.