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 Table 24. — Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted, 1996 Region and Division

Total

Rate per 100 Officers

Assaults with Injury

Rate per 100 Officers

Total

46,695

12.5

14,985

4.0

Northeast

12,308

11.3

6,104

5.6

2,524 9,784

12.2 11.1

694 5,410

3.4 6.1

7,693

12.3

2,334

3.7

4,458 3,235

11.1 14.5

1,435 899

3.6 4.0

17,705

14.0

4,071

3.2

8,812 1,033 7,860

16.4 9.0 12.8

1,392 380 2,299

2.6 3.3 3.7

8,989

11.9

2,476

3.3

3,106 5,883

13.2 11.4

638 1,838

2.7 3.6

Region Division

New England Middle Atlantic Midwest East North Central West North Central South South Atlantic East South Central West South Central West Mountain Pacific

Table 25. — Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted, 1996 Population Group

Total

Rate per 100 Officers

Assaults with Injury

Rate per 100 Officers

Total

46,695

12.5

14,985

4.0

Group I (250,000 and over) Group II (100,000 S 249,999) Group III (50,000 S 99,999) Group IV (25,000 S 49,999) Group V (10,000 S 24,999) Group VI (under 10,000) Suburban Counties Rural Counties

17,846 5,839 5,239 3,206 3,184 3,139 6,710 1,532

15.5 19.3 18.0 11.2 9.4 7.3 10.1 5.5

6,879 1,699 1,220 861 954 997 1,899 476

6.0 5.6 4.2 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.9 1.7

Population Group of Victim Officer’s Agency

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