{"id":1237,"date":"2026-05-12T21:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2026-05-12T21:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:01:09","slug":"fbi-report-shows-increase-in-attacks-on-law-enforcement-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1237","title":{"rendered":"FBI report shows increase in attacks on law enforcement in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new federal shows a mixed picture for police safety across the United States in 2025, with the reaching their highest rate in a decade, even as officers feloniously killed in the line of duty declined from the previous year.<\/p>

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The Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) drew information from federal, state, county, city, tribal, territorial and university law enforcement agencies nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>

Officials said , published this month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is intended to help departments improve officer safety training and identify trends affecting policing nationwide.\u00a0<\/p>

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Report shows increase in attacks on law enforcement<\/h2>

By the numbers:<\/p>

According to the data, the past decade showed the rate of nonfatal assaults against law enforcement officers continued to increase since 2021.<\/p>

The report revealed that 90,178 assaults on officers were reported by law enforcement agencies in 2025. Officers were assaulted at a rate of 13.8 assaults per 100 officers, which was the highest officer assault rate recorded in the past 10 years.\u00a0<\/p>