Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted
Population Group of Victim Officer's Agency, 2005
| Population group | Total | Rate per 100 officers |
Assaults with injury |
Rate per 100 officers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 57,546 | 11.9 | 15,763 | 3.2 |
| Group I (cities 250,000 and over) | 15,128 | 16.8 | 4,064 | 4.5 |
| Group II (cities 100,000 - 249,999) | 6,804 | 15.6 | 1,956 | 4.5 |
| Group III (cities 50,000 - 99,999) | 5,879 | 14.3 | 1,730 | 4.2 |
| Group IV (cities 25,000 - 49,999) | 4,631 | 12.2 | 1,279 | 3.4 |
| Group V (cities 10,000 - 24,999) | 3,987 | 9.4 | 1,102 | 2.6 |
| Group VI (cities under 10,000) | 4,478 | 7.6 | 1,296 | 2.2 |
| Metropolitan counties | 14,252 | 10.6 | 3,730 | 2.8 |
| Nonmetropolitan counties | 2,387 | 6.4 | 606 | 1.6 |