Table 86
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2019
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 | 56,034 | 2,141 | 1,037 | 8,440 | 44,416 | 9,457 | 219,848,450 | 475,848 |
NORTHEAST | 6,052 | 53 | 86 | 718 | 5,195 | 1,784 | 28,227,845 | 74,954 |
New England | 3,621 | 34 | 59 | 550 | 2,978 | 776 | 11,892,406 | 24,736 |
Connecticut | 374 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 306 | 90 | 2,236,446 | 5,061 |
Maine | 186 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 173 | 128 | 1,258,360 | 1,988 |
Massachusetts | 2,501 | 17 | 55 | 418 | 2,011 | 261 | 5,486,402 | 11,412 |
New Hampshire | 215 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 193 | 170 | 1,247,209 | 2,395 |
Rhode Island | 174 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 143 | 48 | 1,059,361 | 2,536 |
Vermont | 171 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 152 | 79 | 604,628 | 1,344 |
Middle Atlantic | 2,431 | 19 | 27 | 168 | 2,217 | 1,008 | 16,335,439 | 50,218 |
New Jersey | 1,023 | 13 | 8 | 77 | 925 | 231 | 4,254,985 | 21,646 |
New York | 954 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 885 | 417 | 9,083,813 | 24,132 |
Pennsylvania | 454 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 407 | 360 | 2,996,641 | 4,440 |
MIDWEST | 6,384 | 253 | 123 | 1,059 | 4,949 | 2,442 | 35,481,877 | 72,985 |
East North Central | 2,859 | 121 | 50 | 509 | 2,179 | 1,266 | 20,464,783 | 42,129 |
Illinois1 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 106 | 1 | 145,719 | 298 |
Indiana | 383 | 4 | 2 | 73 | 304 | 125 | 1,571,323 | 2,727 |
Michigan | 936 | 70 | 29 | 143 | 694 | 596 | 9,326,666 | 16,932 |
Ohio | 449 | 12 | 10 | 165 | 262 | 154 | 3,955,035 | 9,895 |
Wisconsin | 975 | 32 | 9 | 121 | 813 | 390 | 5,466,040 | 12,277 |
West North Central | 3,525 | 132 | 73 | 550 | 2,770 | 1,176 | 15,017,094 | 30,856 |
Iowa | 250 | 1 | 6 | 67 | 176 | 164 | 2,004,402 | 3,155 |
Kansas | 620 | 14 | 9 | 80 | 517 | 70 | 798,432 | 2,258 |
Minnesota | 439 | 7 | 9 | 93 | 330 | 362 | 5,254,374 | 9,649 |
Missouri | 1,549 | 101 | 31 | 207 | 1,210 | 287 | 4,015,803 | 10,041 |
Nebraska | 105 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 63 | 90 | 1,376,572 | 2,451 |
North Dakota | 250 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 224 | 102 | 759,119 | 1,729 |
South Dakota | 312 | 3 | 17 | 42 | 250 | 101 | 808,392 | 1,573 |
SOUTH | 24,294 | 1,105 | 427 | 3,627 | 19,135 | 3,552 | 87,572,093 | 198,919 |
South Atlantic | 15,478 | 559 | 220 | 2,102 | 12,597 | 1,651 | 49,319,122 | 113,773 |
Delaware | 447 | 16 | 8 | 109 | 314 | 49 | 970,535 | 2,311 |
District of Columbia2 | 1,072 | 29 | 29 | 245 | 769 | 3 | 705,749 | 4,228 |
Florida | 5,700 | 226 | 110 | 846 | 4,518 | 388 | 18,144,115 | 42,036 |
Georgia | 165 | 14 | 3 | 38 | 110 | 135 | 2,281,538 | 6,331 |
Maryland | 2,598 | 38 | 17 | 186 | 2,357 | 142 | 6,021,578 | 15,235 |
North Carolina | 2,380 | 111 | 22 | 263 | 1,984 | 253 | 7,687,920 | 15,404 |
South Carolina | 818 | 78 | 16 | 150 | 574 | 179 | 4,150,376 | 9,637 |
Virginia | 2,293 | 45 | 15 | 265 | 1,968 | 401 | 8,403,438 | 17,059 |
West Virginia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 953,873 | 1,532 |
East South Central | 3,382 | 260 | 114 | 926 | 2,082 | 742 | 10,622,862 | 25,877 |
Alabama3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 85,670 | 236 |
Kentucky | 1,075 | 59 | 20 | 250 | 746 | 249 | 3,153,010 | 6,459 |
Mississippi | 91 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 62 | 35 | 740,706 | 1,801 |
Tennessee | 2,216 | 196 | 93 | 653 | 1,274 | 456 | 6,643,476 | 17,381 |
West South Central | 5,434 | 286 | 93 | 599 | 4,456 | 1,159 | 27,630,109 | 59,269 |
Arkansas | 404 | 20 | 7 | 78 | 299 | 248 | 2,713,077 | 6,107 |
Louisiana | 696 | 32 | 6 | 77 | 581 | 121 | 2,956,597 | 10,323 |
Oklahoma | 749 | 34 | 11 | 111 | 593 | 402 | 3,907,693 | 8,956 |
Texas | 3,585 | 200 | 69 | 333 | 2,983 | 388 | 18,052,742 | 33,883 |
WEST | 19,304 | 730 | 401 | 3,036 | 15,137 | 1,679 | 68,566,635 | 128,990 |
Mountain | 5,960 | 299 | 144 | 963 | 4,554 | 614 | 18,055,962 | 32,704 |
Arizona | 2,328 | 106 | 48 | 378 | 1,796 | 86 | 6,072,038 | 9,959 |
Colorado | 1,479 | 129 | 57 | 273 | 1,020 | 184 | 4,827,982 | 10,589 |
Idaho | 372 | 4 | 6 | 80 | 282 | 99 | 1,751,712 | 2,902 |
Montana | 555 | 9 | 6 | 83 | 457 | 74 | 897,947 | 1,366 |
Nevada | 563 | 35 | 17 | 84 | 427 | 29 | 2,644,733 | 4,334 |
New Mexico | 88 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 65 | 36 | 131,407 | 465 |
Utah | 473 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 418 | 54 | 1,226,764 | 1,802 |
Wyoming | 102 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 89 | 52 | 503,379 | 1,287 |
Pacific | 13,344 | 431 | 257 | 2,073 | 10,583 | 1,065 | 50,510,673 | 96,286 |
Alaska | 841 | 46 | 30 | 99 | 666 | 32 | 727,792 | 1,241 |
California | 10,036 | 280 | 162 | 1,495 | 8,099 | 669 | 38,006,295 | 77,164 |
Hawaii4 | 263 | 15 | 6 | 50 | 192 | 2 | 1,142,377 | 2,198 |
Oregon | 609 | 15 | 13 | 171 | 410 | 144 | 3,519,803 | 5,442 |
Washington | 1,595 | 75 | 46 | 258 | 1,216 | 218 | 7,114,406 | 10,241 |
- 1Data represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Rockford Police Department.
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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 Hoover Police Department and Poarch Creek Tribal.
- 4Data represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Honolulu Police Department and the Maui Police Department.