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	2
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	5
1852	4	1853	5
1854	10	1855	7
1856	7	1857	14
1858	8	1859	9
1860	9	1861	9
1862	5	1863	10
1864	10	1865	8
1866	13	1867	17
1868	14	1869	21
1870	21	1871	18
1872	22	1873	20
1874	26	1875	12
1876	23	1877	18
1878	41	1879	23
1880	30	1881	38
1882	40	1883	32
1884	38	1885	51
1886	40	1887	35
1888	49	1889	37
1890	47	1891	48
1892	58	1893	44
1894	54	1895	49
1896	36	1897	39
1898	67	1899	56

1900	62	1901	66
1902	78	1903	82
1904	72	1905	60
1906	66	1907	84
1908	111	1909	78
1910	83	1911	116
1912	92	1913	107
1914	109	1915	121
1916	147	1917	157
1918	144	1919	196
1920	186	1921	222
1922	221	1923	204
1924	246	1925	219
1926	218	1927	243
1928	236	1929	249
1930	285	1931	249
1932	258	1933	223
1934	229	1935	206
1936	180	1937	178
1938	181	1939	116
1940	125	1941	137
1942	118	1943	84
1944	87	1945	105
1946	132	1947	121
1948	133	1949	100
1950	110	1951	129
1952	117	1953	114
1954	130	1955	116
1956	107	1957	115
1958	108	1959	109
1960	128	1961	136
1962	135	1963	136
1964	148	1965	137
1966	159	1967	189
1968	189	1969	192
1970	217	1971	244
1972	224	1973	268
1974	279	1975	238
1976	201	1977	189
1978	213	1979	213
1980	206	1981	203
1982	195	1983	191
1984	182	1985	176
1986	178	1987	182
1988	194	1989	195
1990	158	1991	147
1992	161	1993	157
1994	177	1995	181
1996	139	1997	171
1998	169	1999	143

2000	162	2001	240
2002	157	2003	148
2004	164	2005	162
2006	154	2007	185
2008	138	2009	116