Table 87

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Population Group by Type of Weapon and Percent Distribution,¹ 2019

Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons
Population group/agency type	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion	Total	Percent distribu- tion
Number of victim officers	56,034	100.0	2,141	3.8	1,037	1.9	8,440	15.1	44,416	79.3
Group I (cities 250,000 and over)	13,498	100.0	752	5.6	285	2.1	2,505	18.6	9,956	73.8
Group II (cities 100,000–249,999)	7,546	100.0	246	3.3	148	2.0	1,106	14.7	6,046	80.1
Group III (cities 50,000–99,999)	6,952	100.0	189	2.7	125	1.8	885	12.7	5,753	82.8
Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999)	4,527	100.0	89	2.0	78	1.7	664	14.7	3,696	81.6
Group V (cities 10,000–24,999)	3,980	100.0	93	2.3	72	1.8	494	12.4	3,321	83.4
Group VI (cities under 10,000)	4,512	100.0	109	2.4	69	1.5	548	12.1	3,786	83.9
Metropolitan counties	12,558	100.0	535	4.3	208	1.7	1,773	14.1	10,042	80.0
Nonmetropolitan counties	2,461	100.0	128	5.2	52	2.1	465	18.9	1,816	73.8

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