| 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 | 58,792 | 100.0 | 2,244 | 3.8 | 935 | 1.6 | 8,161 | 13.9 | 47,452 | 80.7 |
| Group I (cities 250,000 and over) | 16,264 | 100.0 | 989 | 6.1 | 327 | 2.0 | 2,272 | 14.0 | 12,676 | 77.9 |
| Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) | 7,732 | 100.0 | 233 | 3.0 | 88 | 1.1 | 952 | 12.3 | 6,459 | 83.5 |
| Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) | 6,262 | 100.0 | 127 | 2.0 | 74 | 1.2 | 799 | 12.8 | 5,262 | 84.0 |
| Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) | 4,298 | 100.0 | 96 | 2.2 | 64 | 1.5 | 561 | 13.1 | 3,577 | 83.2 |
| Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) | 3,913 | 100.0 | 84 | 2.1 | 73 | 1.9 | 415 | 10.6 | 3,341 | 85.4 |
| Group VI (cities under 10,000) | 4,238 | 100.0 | 90 | 2.1 | 93 | 2.2 | 540 | 12.7 | 3,515 | 82.9 |
| Metropolitan counties | 14,105 | 100.0 | 482 | 3.4 | 172 | 1.2 | 2,281 | 16.2 | 11,170 | 79.2 |
| Nonmetropolitan counties | 1,980 | 100.0 | 143 | 7.2 | 44 | 2.2 | 341 | 17.2 | 1,452 | 73.3 |