Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Region and Geographic Division, 2005
| Area | Total1 | Rate per 100 officers |
Assaults with injury |
Rate per 100 officers |
Number of reporting agencies |
Population covered |
Number of officers employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 57,546 | 11.9 | 15,763 | 3.2 | 10,032 | 221,015,834 | 485,048 |
| NORTHEAST | 7,324 | 9.2 | 2,444 | 3.1 | 1,918 | 32,189,576 | 79,957 |
| New England | 1,122 | 6.7 | 400 | 2.4 | 428 | 7,408,567 | 16,851 |
| Middle Atlantic | 6,202 | 9.8 | 2,044 | 3.2 | 1,490 | 24,781,009 | 63,106 |
| MIDWEST | 7,834 | 10.1 | 2,219 | 2.9 | 2,692 | 40,643,709 | 77,772 |
| East North Central | 3,319 | 7.7 | 1,157 | 2.7 | 1,209 | 22,526,738 | 43,085 |
| West North Central | 4,515 | 13.0 | 1,062 | 3.1 | 1,483 | 18,116,971 | 34,687 |
| SOUTH | 28,431 | 14.0 | 7,145 | 3.5 | 3,988 | 89,206,697 | 203,765 |
| South Atlantic | 17,985 | 16.0 | 3,938 | 3.5 | 1,785 | 47,389,174 | 112,201 |
| East South Central | 3,454 | 11.4 | 1,156 | 3.8 | 813 | 12,678,284 | 30,360 |
| West South Central | 6,992 | 11.4 | 2,051 | 3.4 | 1,390 | 29,139,239 | 61,204 |
| WEST | 13,957 | 11.3 | 3,955 | 3.2 | 1,434 | 58,975,852 | 123,554 |
| Mountain | 4,841 | 13.4 | 1,148 | 3.2 | 624 | 17,781,137 | 36,248 |
| Pacific | 9,116 | 10.4 | 2,807 | 3.2 | 810 | 41,194,715 | 87,306 |