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Table 80

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Region and Geographic Division, 2019

Area 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
NORTHEAST 6,052 8.1 1,867 2.5 1,784 28,227,845 74,954
New England 3,621 14.6 936 3.8 776 11,892,406 24,736
Middle Atlantic 2,431 4.8 931 1.9 1,008 16,335,439 50,218
MIDWEST 6,384 8.7 2,125 2.9 2,442 35,481,877 72,985
East North Central 2,859 6.8 1,061 2.5 1,266 20,464,783 42,129
West North Central 3,525 11.4 1,064 3.4 1,176 15,017,094 30,856
SOUTH 24,294 12.2 7,372 3.7 3,552 87,572,093 198,919
South Atlantic 15,478 13.6 4,179 3.7 1,651 49,319,122 113,773
East South Central 3,382 13.1 1,086 4.2 742 10,622,862 25,877
West South Central 5,434 9.2 2,107 3.6 1,159 27,630,109 59,269
WEST 19,304 15.0 5,824 4.5 1,679 68,566,635 128,990
Mountain 5,960 18.2 1,977 6.0 614 18,055,962 32,704
Pacific 13,344 13.9 3,847 4.0 1,065 50,510,673 96,286