Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program generates reliable statistics for use in law enforcement. It also provides information for students of criminal justice, researchers, the media, and the public. The program has been providing crime statistics since 1930.
The UCR Program includes data from more than 18,000 city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies. Agencies participate voluntarily and submit their crime data either through a state UCR program or directly to the FBI's UCR Program.
LOOK ON THE PAGE FOR LINKS TO PARTICLULAR RESOURCES. ANNUAL REPORTS AND DATA THROUGH 2019 FOR "CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES," NIBRS, HATE CRIME STATISTICS, LEOKA, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND MORE ARE LINKED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPECIFIC PAGES FOR THAT SUBJECT. OVERVIEWS AND DEFINITIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED ON EACH RESOURCE PAGE.
The FBI's interactive Crime Data Explorer tool serves as the digital front door for UCR data starting with the most recent which is 2020.
Crime Data Explorer, an online interactive data tool, is the digital front door of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Law enforcement and the public can use CDE to easily access, view, and understand the massive amounts of UCR data collected and published by the FBI UCR Program.
UCR data is released quarterly on the CDE. Most recent data for 2020 only is located here.
Published by the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, it is an annual publication for more than eight decades, this report contains a compilation of the volume and rate of violent and property crime offenses for the nation and by state. Individual law enforcement agency data are also provided for those contributors supplying 12 months complete offense data. In addition, this report also includes arrest, clearance, trends, and law enforcement employee data. Multiple years are available as well as other reports. 1995 - 2019 are available online at this page.
National Institute-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
Implemented to improve the overall quality of crime data collected by law enforcement, NIBRS captures details on each single crime incident—as well as on separate offenses within the same incident—including information on victims, known offenders, relationships between victims and offenders, arrestees, and property involved in crimes. 2011 - 2019 are available at this page.
OJP Launches Web Site
OJP (Office of Justice Programs) has launched CrimeSolutions.gov, a resource to help practitioners and policymakers understand what works in justice-related programs and practices. The Web site includes information on justice-related programs and assigns "evidence ratings" to indicate whether there is evidence from research that a program achieves its goals.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is the primary source for criminal justice statistics. The mission of BJS is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. BJS also provides financial and technical support to state, local, and tribal governments to improve both their statistical capabilities and the quality and utility of their criminal history records.
Administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, it offers justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. Link to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service homepage.
Mission: To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
