Criminal Justice: Crime Statistics

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

Criminal justice characteristics; public opinion; crime and victims; arrests and seizures; courts, prosecution and sentencing; parole, jails, prisons and death penalty. Data from 1972-present.

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Crimes, courts, victims, law enforcement, correctional units

Uniform Crime Reports

Official crime counts for the United States for each year since 1930.  Includes information about crimes, demographics of people who commit crimes, and statistics on the police force.  Information is for the United States as whole down to the county/city level.

Major series:

• Crime in the United States -- crimes, criminal demographics, and police force statistics down to the county/city level.
• Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
• Hate Crime Statistics - crimes, offenders, victims involved in crimes motivated by prejudice
• National Incident Reporting System -- crime in schools and colleges, white collar crime, family violence

National Crime Victimization Survey

Reported and unreported crime from the victims' perspectives.  National-level only.

Major series:

• Criminal Victimization
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety
• Socio-emotional Impact of Violent Crime
• More ...