Facts & Figures

Officer Deaths by Year

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

Year	No.	Year	No.
1791	1
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	10	1859	9
1860	9	1861	9
1862	5	1863	10
1864	10	1865	8
1866	13	1867	17
1868	14	1869	22
1870	21	1871	19
1872	23	1873	21
1874	25	1875	12
1876	25	1877	18
1878	41	1879	23
1880	30	1881	40
1882	40	1883	34
1884	40	1885	51
1886	41	1887	36
1888	50	1889	38
1890	52	1891	49
1892	58	1893	48
1894	57	1895	51
1896	41	1897	40
1898	67	1899	57

1900	64	1901	68
1902	80	1903	82
1904	74	1905	63
1906	68	1907	86
1908	111	1909	79
1910	85	1911	117
1912	95	1913	107
1914	109	1915	121
1916	149	1917	160
1918	146	1919	197
1920	186	1921	223
1922	226	1923	214
1924	248	1925	224
1926	222	1927	250
1928	239	1929	253
1930	286	1931	249
1932	261	1933	222
1934	229	1935	208
1936	182	1937	180
1938	182	1939	117
1940	126	1941	137
1942	119	1943	84
1944	88	1945	107
1946	132	1947	121
1948	134	1949	102
1950	110	1951	131
1952	117	1953	115
1954	131	1955	117
1956	107	1957	115
1958	109	1959	110
1960	128	1961	136
1962	137	1963	136
1964	148	1965	137
1966	160	1967	190
1968	189	1969	193
1970	217	1971	244
1972	225	1973	268
1974	280	1975	238
1976	201	1977	189
1978	214	1979	213
1980	206	1981	203
1982	195	1983	192
1984	182	1985	176
1986	178	1987	182
1988	194	1989	195
1990	158	1991	147
1992	161	1993	157
1994	178	1995	181
1996	139	1997	171
1998	169	1999	143

2000	162	2001	240
2002	157	2003	149
2004	165	2005	162
2006	155	2007	189
2008	141	2009	122
2010	153