FBI — Table 70

Home • LEOKA • 2012 • Tables • Table 70

Criminal Justice Information Services Division

Feedback | Contact Us | Data Quality Guidelines | UCR Home

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Type of Weapon and Percent Injured, 2003–2012

Download Excel

Year	Total	Percent injured	Firearm		Knife or other cutting instrument		Other dangerous weapon		Personal weapons		Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Year	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Total	Percent injured	Number of reporting agencies	Population covered	Number of officers employed
Number of victim officers	581,239	26.9	21,379	9.3	10,007	12.7	81,549	23.8	468,304	28.5
2003	58,600	28.2	1,879	10.7	1,084	13.4	8,180	25.4	47,457	29.7	10,539	225,769,768	501,738
2004	59,692	27.8	2,114	9.0	1,123	12.8	8,645	25.6	47,810	29.4	10,589	226,273,199	501,462
2005	57,820	27.4	2,157	8.7	1,059	11.5	8,379	24.6	46,225	29.1	10,119	222,873,755	489,393
2006	59,396	26.7	2,290	9.5	1,055	12.7	8,611	23.6	47,440	28.4	10,596	227,360,586	504,147
2007	61,257	25.9	2,216	8.7	1,028	10.5	8,692	22.2	49,321	27.6	10,973	234,734,286	523,944
2008	61,087	26.0	2,292	8.3	958	13.0	8,466	22.8	49,371	27.7	10,835	238,730,830	541,906
2009	58,364	26.0	2,007	8.1	886	12.4	7,966	23.5	47,505	27.4	11,691	245,925,716	560,387
2010	56,491	26.5	1,925	11.1	918	12.1	7,413	23.8	46,235	27.8	11,826	248,726,641	557,884
2011	55,631	26.6	2,240	9.0	1,003	15.0	7,856	22.4	44,532	28.5	12,031	254,534,862	539,282
2012	52,901	27.7	2,259	9.8	893	13.2	7,341	23.9	42,408	29.7	11,759	247,772,900	520,047

NOTE: Assault figures published in prior years' editions of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted have been updated for inclusion in this table.