Department of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Provides nation’s primary source for criminal justice statistics including the operation of justice systems at all levels.
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) / Crime in the United States -- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Reports present the nationwide view of the eight offenses which constitute the Crime Index based on statistics contributed by state and local law enforcement agencies. Includes frequency of crimes as well as information on crime rates, types of weapons used, gender, age, and race of victims. See all also UCR reports via Crime in Illinois from Illinois State Police.
The hate crime data comprise a subset of information that law enforcement agencies submit to the UCR Program. The types of hate crimes reported to the program are further broken down into more specific categories. As collected for each hate crime incident, the aggregate data in this report include the following: offense type, location, bias motivation, victim type, number of individual victims, number of offenders, and the race of the offenders.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
National statistical information on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Tables and figures provide statistics and text on topics such as prison populations, characteristics, and sentences of inmates.
National Crime Victimization Surveys
Primary source of information on criminal victimization. Each year, data are obtained from a nationally representative sample of 76,000 households comprising nearly 135,300 persons on the frequency, characteristics and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. The survey enables BJS to estimate the likelihood of victimization by rape, sexual assault, robbery, assault, theft, household burglary, and motor vehicle theft for the population as a whole as well as for segments of the population such as women, the elderly, members of various racial groups, city dwellers, or other groups. The NCVS provides the largest national forum for victims to describe the impact of crime and characteristics of violent offenders.
Statistical Compendia
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)Online version of the print source and includes statistics and data gathered from multiple government agencies and represents social, political, and economic life in United States. Data is viewable in table format or as an Excel spreadsheet.
- Historical Statistics of the United StatesSearch for statistics from over 1000 sources covering topics such as health, crime, slavery, American Indians, economic sectors, and poverty. Also available in print: Floor 2 Reference Desk, C 3.134/2:H 62x/.
- Statistical InsightComprehensive statistics database including data from federal and state agencies, international intergovernmental organization, professional, business, and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, and universities.
