| Criminal Justice Information Services Division | Feedback | Contact Us | Data Quality Guidelines | UCR Home |
Table 30
Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed
Region by Type of Weapon, 2001–2010
| Region | Total |
Total firearms |
Handgun | Rifle | Shotgun |
Type of firearm not reported |
Knife or other cutting instrument |
Bomb |
Blunt instrument |
Personal weapons |
Vehicle | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of victim officers | 541 | 498 | 362 | 99 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| Northeast | 51 | 49 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midwest | 93 | 87 | 69 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| South | 254 | 230 | 163 | 44 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| West | 119 | 109 | 74 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico and other outlying areas | 24 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
- NOTE: The deaths of the 72 law enforcement officers that resulted from the events of September 11, 2001, are not included in this table.
