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Table 71
Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Region, Geographic Division, and State by Type of Weapon, 2012
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 | 52,901 | 2,259 | 893 | 7,341 | 42,408 | 11,759 | 247,772,900 | 520,047 |
NORTHEAST | 7,089 | 227 | 105 | 755 | 6,002 | 2,461 | 38,338,850 | 86,786 |
New England | 1,736 | 18 | 17 | 166 | 1,535 | 549 | 7,780,883 | 17,701 |
Connecticut | 791 | 6 | 10 | 76 | 699 | 101 | 3,051,583 | 7,349 |
Maine | 173 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 161 | 148 | 1,328,674 | 1,930 |
Massachusetts | 57 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 660,685 | 2,514 |
New Hampshire | 255 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 231 | 146 | 1,166,278 | 2,208 |
Rhode Island | 356 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 300 | 48 | 1,050,292 | 2,453 |
Vermont | 104 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 93 | 79 | 523,371 | 1,247 |
Middle Atlantic | 5,353 | 209 | 88 | 589 | 4,467 | 1,912 | 30,557,967 | 69,085 |
New Jersey | 2,060 | 24 | 27 | 173 | 1,836 | 543 | 8,707,947 | 25,242 |
New York | 928 | 6 | 15 | 118 | 789 | 402 | 9,699,675 | 23,711 |
Pennsylvania | 2,365 | 179 | 46 | 298 | 1,842 | 967 | 12,150,345 | 20,132 |
MIDWEST | 7,515 | 316 | 116 | 956 | 6,127 | 2,708 | 39,051,696 | 75,932 |
East North Central | 3,342 | 124 | 53 | 381 | 2,784 | 1,137 | 21,190,250 | 40,366 |
Illinois1 | 110 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 93 | 1 | 152,293 | 271 |
Indiana | 1,191 | 27 | 4 | 101 | 1,059 | 126 | 3,793,235 | 6,577 |
Michigan | 1,043 | 61 | 29 | 168 | 785 | 537 | 9,608,555 | 16,756 |
Ohio | 288 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 258 | 115 | 2,152,677 | 4,473 |
Wisconsin | 710 | 20 | 7 | 94 | 589 | 358 | 5,483,490 | 12,289 |
West North Central | 4,173 | 192 | 63 | 575 | 3,343 | 1,571 | 17,861,446 | 35,566 |
Iowa | 407 | 12 | 3 | 88 | 304 | 225 | 2,717,049 | 4,066 |
Kansas | 574 | 16 | 17 | 83 | 458 | 100 | 1,056,723 | 3,210 |
Minnesota | 393 | 14 | 7 | 73 | 299 | 313 | 5,292,552 | 8,690 |
Missouri | 2,257 | 140 | 32 | 275 | 1,810 | 519 | 5,675,912 | 13,781 |
Nebraska | 195 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 157 | 210 | 1,678,641 | 3,317 |
North Dakota | 136 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 130 | 93 | 687,684 | 1,229 |
South Dakota | 211 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 185 | 111 | 752,885 | 1,273 |
SOUTH | 22,885 | 975 | 355 | 3,333 | 18,222 | 4,732 | 99,549,014 | 224,123 |
South Atlantic | 13,975 | 483 | 190 | 1,700 | 11,602 | 2,109 | 53,011,240 | 127,891 |
Delaware | 436 | 17 | 3 | 95 | 321 | 55 | 916,825 | 2,302 |
District of Columbia2 | ||||||||
Florida | 5,951 | 177 | 79 | 829 | 4,866 | 328 | 16,659,598 | 40,893 |
Georgia | 1,303 | 42 | 24 | 162 | 1,075 | 482 | 9,158,165 | 25,337 |
Maryland | 1,990 | 28 | 28 | 144 | 1,790 | 147 | 4,076,519 | 10,167 |
North Carolina | 2,325 | 107 | 33 | 160 | 2,025 | 371 | 9,432,884 | 21,757 |
South Carolina | 603 | 76 | 8 | 109 | 410 | 310 | 4,584,236 | 10,796 |
Virginia | 1,367 | 36 | 15 | 201 | 1,115 | 416 | 8,183,013 | 16,639 |
West Virginia2 | ||||||||
East South Central | 2,976 | 260 | 76 | 608 | 2,032 | 1,042 | 14,535,539 | 31,571 |
Alabama | 246 | 29 | 8 | 71 | 138 | 194 | 2,791,627 | 5,802 |
Kentucky | 787 | 39 | 8 | 122 | 618 | 328 | 4,031,962 | 6,259 |
Mississippi | 121 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 93 | 75 | 1,266,129 | 3,116 |
Tennessee | 1,822 | 183 | 58 | 398 | 1,183 | 445 | 6,445,821 | 16,394 |
West South Central | 5,934 | 232 | 89 | 1,025 | 4,588 | 1,581 | 32,002,235 | 64,661 |
Arkansas | 145 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 107 | 210 | 2,511,409 | 5,234 |
Louisiana | 1,044 | 23 | 2 | 422 | 597 | 85 | 1,991,349 | 6,497 |
Oklahoma | 695 | 27 | 28 | 146 | 494 | 322 | 3,813,992 | 6,911 |
Texas | 4,050 | 173 | 56 | 431 | 3,390 | 964 | 23,685,485 | 46,019 |
WEST | 15,412 | 741 | 317 | 2,297 | 12,057 | 1,858 | 70,833,340 | 133,206 |
Mountain | 5,307 | 279 | 140 | 789 | 4,099 | 772 | 21,870,336 | 42,075 |
Arizona | 2,211 | 153 | 59 | 340 | 1,659 | 88 | 6,509,569 | 12,066 |
Colorado | 813 | 36 | 32 | 137 | 608 | 216 | 5,098,993 | 11,323 |
Idaho | 223 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 181 | 103 | 1,572,723 | 2,705 |
Montana | 196 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 165 | 85 | 867,279 | 1,330 |
Nevada | 373 | 35 | 14 | 90 | 234 | 35 | 2,758,931 | 5,024 |
New Mexico | 726 | 23 | 16 | 122 | 565 | 61 | 1,678,490 | 3,576 |
Utah | 697 | 18 | 8 | 47 | 624 | 125 | 2,829,066 | 4,853 |
Wyoming | 68 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 59 | 555,285 | 1,198 |
Pacific | 10,105 | 462 | 177 | 1,508 | 7,958 | 1,086 | 48,963,004 | 91,131 |
Alaska | 383 | 33 | 12 | 36 | 302 | 31 | 471,231 | 866 |
California | 8,115 | 387 | 139 | 1,254 | 6,335 | 679 | 38,014,766 | 76,185 |
Hawaii3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 158,760 | 343 |
Oregon | 642 | 11 | 8 | 64 | 559 | 145 | 3,788,825 | 5,229 |
Washington | 929 | 31 | 18 | 148 | 732 | 230 | 6,529,422 | 8,508 |
- 1Data represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Rockford Police Department.
- 2Data for the District of Columbia and West Virginia were not available for inclusion in this table.
- 3Data represents the number of assaults on officers reported by the Maui Police Department.