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Home LEOKA 2011 Tables Table 65

Table 65

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Region and Geographic Division, 2011

Area Total1 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 54,774 10.2 14,578 2.7 11,944 251,004,326 535,651
NORTHEAST 7,144 7.8 2,501 2.7 2,445 38,667,768 91,694
New England 1,732 9.1 596 3.1 571 8,415,163 19,072
Middle Atlantic 5,412 7.5 1,905 2.6 1,874 30,252,605 72,622
MIDWEST 7,474 9.6 2,298 2.9 2,876 40,586,632 78,032
East North Central 3,166 7.5 1,241 2.9 1,322 22,527,841 42,304
West North Central 4,308 12.1 1,057 3.0 1,554 18,058,791 35,728
SOUTH 25,028 10.7 6,078 2.6 4,772 102,616,773 232,858
South Atlantic 16,501 12.0 3,468 2.5 2,326 58,297,627 137,932
East South Central 2,674 10.8 832 3.3 821 11,513,513 24,871
West South Central 5,853 8.4 1,778 2.5 1,625 32,805,633 70,055
WEST 15,128 11.4 3,701 2.8 1,851 69,133,153 133,067
Mountain 4,808 11.7 1,084 2.6 784 20,920,179 41,173
Pacific 10,320 11.2 2,617 2.8 1,067 48,212,974 91,894
  • 1Regional and divisional totals do not include data for Alabama and Hawaii, which were not available for inclusion in this table.