| Population group/agency type | 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 | |||
| Number of victim officers | 57,268 | 100.0 | 1,994 | 3.5 | 880 | 1.5 | 7,801 | 13.6 | 46,593 | 81.4 |
| Group I (cities 250,000 and over) | 17,374 | 100.0 | 903 | 5.2 | 293 | 1.7 | 2,383 | 13.7 | 13,795 | 79.4 |
| Group II (cities 100,000–249,999) | 7,161 | 100.0 | 181 | 2.5 | 102 | 1.4 | 948 | 13.2 | 5,930 | 82.8 |
| Group III (cities 50,000–99,999) | 5,725 | 100.0 | 158 | 2.8 | 91 | 1.6 | 730 | 12.8 | 4,746 | 82.9 |
| Group IV (cities 25,000–49,999) | 4,062 | 100.0 | 75 | 1.8 | 58 | 1.4 | 490 | 12.1 | 3,439 | 84.7 |
| Group V (cities 10,000–24,999) | 3,905 | 100.0 | 85 | 2.2 | 48 | 1.2 | 426 | 10.9 | 3,346 | 85.7 |
| Group VI (cities under 10,000) | 4,067 | 100.0 | 97 | 2.4 | 71 | 1.7 | 513 | 12.6 | 3,386 | 83.3 |
| Metropolitan counties | 12,847 | 100.0 | 375 | 2.9 | 176 | 1.4 | 1,953 | 15.2 | 10,343 | 80.5 |
| Nonmetropolitan counties | 2,127 | 100.0 | 120 | 5.6 | 41 | 1.9 | 358 | 16.8 | 1,608 | 75.6 |