FBI: Police Killings Fell In 2025 As Officer Assaults Hit Decade High
On Monday, May 11, 2026, the FBI released 2025 data showing felonious killings of U.S. law enforcement officers fell to 53 while officer assaults reached a decade-high rate.[1]
The 53 deaths were down from 64 in 2024, and all but 10 of the 2025 deaths involved gunshot wounds.[1] The FBI reported officers were assaulted at a rate of 13.8 per 100 officers in 2025, the highest in a decade, and 445 officers were injured by firearms.[1]
From 2021 through 2024, 258 officers were feloniously killed, the highest total for any consecutive four-year span, with a peak of 71 deaths in 2021.[1] Most officers killed in 2025 were White males, and most incidents occurred in the South, which has the country's largest police workforce and population.[1]
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- On Monday, May 11, 2026, the FBI released 2025 data on officers feloniously killed and assaulted in the line of duty.
- In 2025, 53 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed, down from 64 in 2024; all but 10 of the 2025 deaths involved gunshot wounds.
- The FBI reported officers were assaulted at a rate of 13.8 per 100 officers in 2025, the highest in a decade, and 445 officers were injured by firearms.
- From 2021 through 2024, 258 officers were feloniously killed, the highest total for any consecutive four-year span in the data, with a peak of 71 deaths in 2021.
- Most officers killed in 2025 were White males, and most incidents occurred in the South, which has the largest police workforce and population among the regions studied.
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