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Social & Behavioral Determinants of Health Data

Federal Crime/Criminal Justice Data

US Department of Justice Statistics

The US Justice Department site links to all of the major statistical reporting systems from each agency within its jurisdiction.

National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X)

NCS-X serves as clearinghouse for justice data, providing a single source to link to agency data resources. Unfortunately, there are too many to provide links to each data site at this time. A few key programs are linked to below.

To access data, click on:

  • Data Analytics Tools
    • View Dynamic Tools: Arrest Data Analysis Tool; Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (Parole, Prisoners, Probation); Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics Data Tool; Federal Criminal Case Processing Tool; NCVS Victimization Analysis Tool; National Crime Victimization Survey API; Prisoner Recidivism Analysis Tool (1994 page; 2005 page) 
    • View by Topic: Corrections; Courts; Crime Type; Criminal Justice Data Improvement Program; Employment and Expenditure; Federal; Indian Country Justice Statistics; Law Enforcement; Victims
  • Key Statistics
    • View by Primary Topic: Corrections; Courts; Crime Type; Criminal Justice Data Improvement Program; Employment and Expenditure; Federal; Indian Country Justice Statistics; Law Enforcement; Victims

FBI

Crime Data Explorer

Crime Data Explorer, an online interactive data tool, is the digital front door of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.

Data came be retrieved down to the local law enforcement level, if reported to the FBI. For example, in 2019 only 5% of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania reported use-of-force data.

Uniform Crime Reporting Program

Hate Crimes from Uniform Crime Reports

Other crime/criminal justice resources

Justice Atlas of Sentencing & Corrections

Produced by: Justice Mapping Center
Geographic coverage: Zip code and county level
Dates of coverage: 2008
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Policing Data

Federal Data: Department of Justice Agencies

Other Resources

Police Data Initiative

Provider: Police Data Initiative
Years available: Varies depending on the dataset and provider
Geographic Level: Local level

Includes over 200 datasets from over 130 law enforcement agencies in the US.

Mapping Police Violence

Provider: Collaborate effort; See About the Team
Years available: 2020
Geographic Level: Local level

"This information has been meticulously sourced from the three largest, most comprehensive and impartial crowdsourced databases on police killings in the country: FatalEncounters.org, the U.S. Police Shootings Database and KilledbyPolice.net.

We've also done extensive original research to further improve the quality and completeness of the data; searching social media, obituaries, criminal records databases, police reports and other sources to identify the race of 90 percent of all victims in the database."