| Population group | Total | Percent distribution |
Firearm | Knife or other cutting instrument |
Other dangerous weapon |
Personal weapons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Percent distribution |
Total | Percent distribution |
Total | Percent distribution |
Total | Percent distribution |
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| Number of victim officers | 59,201 | 100.0 | 2,176 | 3.7 | 1,023 | 1.7 | 8,507 | 14.4 | 47,495 | 80.2 |
| Group I (cities 250,000 and over) | 14,894 | 100.0 | 974 | 6.5 | 285 | 1.9 | 2,273 | 15.3 | 11,362 | 76.3 |
| Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) | 7,452 | 100.0 | 174 | 2.3 | 92 | 1.2 | 988 | 13.3 | 6,198 | 83.2 |
| Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) | 6,847 | 100.0 | 154 | 2.2 | 102 | 1.5 | 911 | 13.3 | 5,680 | 83.0 |
| Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) | 4,668 | 100.0 | 107 | 2.3 | 75 | 1.6 | 652 | 14.0 | 3,834 | 82.1 |
| Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) | 4,340 | 100.0 | 110 | 2.5 | 94 | 2.2 | 478 | 11.0 | 3,658 | 84.3 |
| Group VI (cities under 10,000) | 4,375 | 100.0 | 99 | 2.3 | 94 | 2.1 | 512 | 11.7 | 3,670 | 83.9 |
| Metropolitan counties | 14,548 | 100.0 | 430 | 3.0 | 223 | 1.5 | 2,374 | 16.3 | 11,521 | 79.2 |
| Nonmetropolitan counties | 2,077 | 100.0 | 128 | 6.2 | 58 | 2.8 | 319 | 15.4 | 1,572 | 75.7 |