Table 129
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted and Injured with Firearms, Knives, or Other Cutting Instruments
Race, Ethnicity, and Sex of Known Offender, 2010–2019
| Known offender | Total | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of known offenders | 903 | 112 | 99 | 96 | 109 | 93 | 85 | 98 | 82 | 68 | 61 | |
| Race | White | 532 | 60 | 65 | 58 | 50 | 58 | 43 | 66 | 51 | 48 | 33 |
| Black/African American | 340 | 52 | 33 | 34 | 53 | 33 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 16 | 26 | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Asian1 | 13 | — | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Not reported | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ethnicity2 | Hispanic or Latino | 139 | — | 20 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 9 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 614 | — | 73 | 87 | 87 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 63 | 48 | 35 | |
| Not reported | 150 | 112 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |
| Sex | Male | 850 | 105 | 88 | 88 | 104 | 88 | 77 | 97 | 80 | 64 | 59 |
| Female | 52 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
- 1Prior to 2011, the race categories "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander" were combined.
- 2Beginning in 2011, ethnicity was added to the data collection.
- NOTE: Assault with injury data in this table reflect only a subset of those incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. For more information about this data collection, see Detailed Assault Data.
