Facts & Figures

Officer Deaths by Year

Year-by-Year Breakdown of Law Enforcement Deaths throughout U.S. History

Year	No.	Year	No.
1792	1	1794	1
1797	1	1806	1
1808	4	1810	1
1811	1	1816	1
1818	1	1823	2
1825	2	1827	1
1828	1	1830	1
1836	4	1838	1
1839	1	1840	1
1841	1	1842	1
1843	2	1844	1
1845	3	1847	1
1848	1	1849	3
1850	3	1851	2
1852	4	1853	5
1854	10	1855	7
1856	6	1857	13
1858	8	1859	3
1860	9	1861	9
1862	5	1863	10
1864	10	1865	8
1866	12	1867	17
1868	14	1869	18
1870	21	1871	17
1872	21	1873	20
1874	26	1875	11
1876	21	1877	17
1878	41	1879	23
1880	31	1881	36
1882	37	1883	32
1884	33	1885	51
1886	37	1887	32
1888	44	1889	36
1890	47	1891	44
1892	57	1893	42
1894	52	1895	47
1896	36	1897	37
1898	67	1899	57

1900	61	1901	66
1902	77	1903	78
1904	68	1905	60
1906	63	1907	83
1908	112	1909	74
1910	79	1911	113
1912	88	1913	105
1914	104	1915	119
1916	145	1917	155
1918	142	1919	191
1920	181	1921	217
1922	217	1923	203
1924	241	1925	215
1926	215	1927	239
1928	231	1929	249
1930	282	1931	248
1932	257	1933	219
1934	224	1935	205
1936	178	1937	174
1938	181	1939	114
1940	123	1941	135
1942	116	1943	84
1944	86	1945	105
1946	130	1947	121
1948	132	1949	98
1950	108	1951	126
1952	117	1953	114
1954	130	1955	115
1956	107	1957	115
1958	108	1959	108
1960	127	1961	134
1962	135	1963	135
1964	148	1965	137
1966	159	1967	187
1968	189	1969	190
1970	216	1971	242
1972	224	1973	268
1974	278	1975	238
1976	199	1977	189
1978	213	1979	213
1980	205	1981	202
1982	196	1983	191
1984	182	1985	176
1986	179	1987	179
1988	194	1989	196
1990	158	1991	147
1992	161	1993	157
1994	175	1995	181
1996	139	1997	171
1998	169	1999	143

2000	161	2001	240
2002	157	2003	147
2004	164	2005	161
2006	152	2007	182
2008	133