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Table 83

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Circumstance at Scene of Incident by Population Group and Percent Cleared,1, 2 2019

Circumstance Total Percent
cleared 		Group I
(cities 250,000
and over) 		Group II
(cities 100,000–
249,999) 		Group III
(cities 50,000–
99,999) 		Group IV
(cities 25,000–
49,999) 		Group V
(cities 10,000–
24,999) 		Group VI
(cities under
10,000) 		Metropolitan
counties 		Nonmetropolitan
counties
Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared 		Total Percent
cleared
Number of victim officers 56,034 87.1 13,498 87.8 7,546 87.8 6,952 87.7 4,527 86.8 3,980 89.4 4,512 80.3 12,558 87.9 2,461 84.9
Disturbance call 17,048 88.1 3,664 90.1 2,580 89.5 2,540 87.8 1,630 87.8 1,360 92.0 1,475 73.6 3,117 90.1 682 89.3
Burglary in progress/pursuing burglary suspect 710 88.3 142 90.8 123 95.1 118 90.7 83 80.7 41 78.0 46 82.6 134 85.8 23 95.7
Robbery in progress/pursuing robbery suspect 469 84.2 151 90.1 93 89.2 56 85.7 26 65.4 24 79.2 39 59.0 70 85.7 10 90.0
Attempting other arrest 9,592 89.2 2,405 89.2 1,245 88.3 1,210 87.4 794 88.0 745 90.2 793 89.2 2,032 90.6 368 92.4
Civil disorder (mass disobedience, riot, etc.) 488 84.4 125 70.4 92 95.7 63 90.5 33 78.8 29 89.7 45 95.6 81 88.9 20 60.0
Handling, transporting, custody of prisoner 7,192 87.7 1,776 92.0 726 86.8 654 89.9 582 88.5 481 87.7 444 86.3 2,109 86.8 420 73.1
Investigating suspicious person/circumstance 5,547 86.2 1,408 85.3 908 84.8 687 88.8 438 82.9 437 89.5 520 81.3 983 89.2 166 88.0
Ambush situation 245 81.6 107 83.2 24 70.8 19 89.5 14 78.6 4 75.0 10 80.0 55 81.8 12 83.3
Handling person with mental illness 2,215 78.7 500 81.2 209 78.5 257 82.9 154 74.0 154 76.0 238 68.1 625 81.4 78 75.6
Traffic pursuit/stop 4,687 85.4 918 78.4 605 87.1 515 85.0 318 86.2 334 91.0 398 85.2 1,232 87.3 367 88.6
All other 7,841 86.1 2,302 86.8 941 87.2 833 87.4 455 90.3 371 86.8 504 81.9 2,120 85.2 315 79.7
  • 1Offenses reported to the national UCR Program can be cleared by arrest or exceptional means (when elements beyond law enforcement's control prevent the agency from placing formal charges against the offender).
  • 2Percent cleared may include clearances for previous years' offenses.