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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.
  • 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.