Table 76
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2019
Area | Total | Firearm |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of victim officers | 2,136 | 180 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 1,117 | 216 | 576 |
NORTHEAST | 95 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 13 | 12 |
New England | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 7 |
Connecticut | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
Maine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Massachusetts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
New Hampshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Vermont | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Middle Atlantic | 57 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 5 |
New Jersey | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 3 |
Pennsylvania | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
MIDWEST | 272 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 196 |
East North Central | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 16 |
Illinois | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michigan | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
Ohio | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
West North Central | 230 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 180 |
Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
Minnesota | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Missouri | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North Dakota | 83 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 78 |
South Dakota | 118 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 102 |
SOUTH | 565 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 289 | 46 | 149 |
South Atlantic | 179 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 8 | 66 |
Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia | 81 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 53 |
Florida | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 |
Georgia | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Maryland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
North Carolina | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Virginia | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
East South Central | 47 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 11 |
Alabama | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kentucky | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Mississippi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Tennessee | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
West South Central | 339 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 183 | 36 | 72 |
Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Louisiana | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Oklahoma | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Texas | 317 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 30 | 66 |
WEST | 1,003 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 595 | 139 | 186 |
Mountain | 627 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 438 | 97 | 44 |
Arizona | 180 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 14 | 23 |
Colorado | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 |
Idaho | 270 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 70 | 0 |
Montana | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 |
Nevada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
New Mexico | 106 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 65 | 6 | 13 |
Utah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Wyoming | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pacific | 376 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 157 | 42 | 142 |
Alaska | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
California | 260 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 28 | 112 |
Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
Washington | 92 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 3 | 22 |
PUERTO RICO AND OTHER OUTLYING AREAS | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
FOREIGN | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Okinawa, Japan | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Iwakuni, Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
LOCATION NOT REPORTED1 | 170 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 12 | 28 |
- 1Location data for 170 victim officers were not provided by the National Park Service Rangers.