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Table 65

Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted

Region and Geographic Division, 2013

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 49,851 9.3 14,565 2.7 11,468 247,084,964 533,895
NORTHEAST 6,556 5.6 2,469 2.1 2,393 46,009,689 118,051
New England 1,614 8.5 602 3.2 594 8,536,751 19,013
Middle Atlantic 4,942 5.0 1,867 1.9 1,799 37,472,938 99,038
MIDWEST 6,277 8.9 2,049 2.9 2,702 37,006,086 70,710
East North Central 2,696 7.5 942 2.6 1,109 19,389,249 35,976
West North Central 3,581 10.3 1,107 3.2 1,593 17,616,837 34,734
SOUTH 22,402 10.3 5,767 2.7 4,647 96,252,982 217,527
South Atlantic 14,580 11.4 3,098 2.4 2,196 52,235,029 127,709
East South Central 2,837 8.8 993 3.1 977 14,430,213 32,248
West South Central 4,985 8.7 1,676 2.9 1,474 29,587,740 57,570
WEST 14,616 11.5 4,280 3.4 1,726 67,816,207 127,607
Mountain 4,206 11.9 1,181 3.3 605 18,344,218 35,367
Pacific 10,410 11.3 3,099 3.4 1,121 49,471,989 92,240
  • 1Regional and divisional totals do not include data for the District of Columbia, Illinois, and Montana, which were not available for inclusion in this table.