The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer (CDE) is the digital front door for UCR data. The interactive online tool enables law enforcement and the public to more easily use and understand the massive amounts of UCR data currently collected. With it, users can view charts and graphs that break down data in a variety of ways. The types of information varies widely and includes Crime data as well as law enforcement data

A companion to the online CDE portal, this page provides access to reports (and data) on Crime in the United States, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, Hate Crime reports, Cargo theft, human trafficking and others

BJS mission:
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. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.

Provides links to data found on arrests, census population data, corrections statistics on parole and probation, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics (FCCPS), National Crime Victimization Survey, and prisoner recidivism

Collections include data on medical examiner and coroners offices, forensic crime laboratories and DNA crime laboratories

Users can generate various statistics in the areas of federal law enforcement, prosecution/courts, and incarceration for the years between 1998 and 2018.

Hall of Justice contains nearly 10,000 datasets and research documents from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and the federal government. This is a good place to search for information by state.

Includes Fact Sheets and Briefs on topics of national interest. State reports are also highlighted.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis. The archive contains data from over 2,700 curated studies or statistical data series. NACJD is home to several large-scale and well known datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN).

Provided by the University of Albany, the sourcebook provides historical data through 2013 on a wide variety of criminal justice topics

A product of Syracuse University, TRAC provides comprehensive information about staffing, spending, and enforcement activities of the federal government. Some information you might find here include federal actions on immigration, white collar crimes, and voting rights

Maintained by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, this provides regularly updates on global statistical series on crime, criminal justice, drug trafficking and prices, drug production, and drug use.

provides free access to information about prison systems throughout the world. Country information is updated on a monthly basis, using data largely derived from governmental or other official sources.

Crime statistics are available in pdf form and often provide county level data.

Provides a range of data and information on sexual violence and abuse to children, the elderly, and to intimate partners

Contains fast facts and access to research data sets

The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) promotes secondary analysis of child abuse and neglect data by providing researchers with high quality datasets, documentation and technical support, and encourages collaboration within the scientific community.

Provides fatal and non-fatal overdose information which is available through maps and charts. Data is also available in the following drug categories - opioids (prescription and synthetic), heroin, fentanyl and other drugs. Opioid dispensing data is also available.

Includes historic reports and analyses of drug trafficking hotspots and drug threat analyses dated no later than 2011. Office is no longer in operation.

NVDRS is the only state-based surveillance (reporting) system that pools more than 600 unique data elements from multiple sources into a usable, anonymous database. NVDRS covers all types of violent deaths – including homicides and suicides – in all settings for all age groups.

This dynamic analysis tool allows you to examine National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data on both violent and property victimization by select victim, household, and incident characteristics.

The Criminal Justice Center at the Ohio State University hosts the Historical Violence Database –a collaborative project on the history of violent crime, violent death and collective violence. The quantitative data files are (or will be) available in spreadsheets, while the qualitative data are (or will be) available as images and text files of original documents. Depending on the topic - data ranges from the 1600s to the 2000s for the U.S. and other countries.

A companion to the online CDE portal, this page provides access to reports (and data) on Crime in the United States, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, Hate Crime reports, Cargo theft, human trafficking and others

Provides quick fact information on various aspects of youth violence including school violence, school-related violent deaths and bullying

The National Juvenile Court Data Archive (Archive) houses the automated records of cases handled by courts with juvenile jurisdiction. The Archive was established by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, within the U.S. Department of Justice, to promote access to automated juvenile court data sets for juvenile justice research and policymaking efforts. This web site was developed to inform researchers about the available data sets and the procedures for use and access

The National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC) is part of BJS's National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which gathers mandated data on the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault in juvenile facilities. Data is available for 2008-2009, 2012 and 2018

Provides access to data analysis tools to identify juvenile populations, homicides, juvenile court data, and residential placement

Provides access to data analysis tools and data sets for a wide range of juvenile justice statistics.

Includes information on local police, sheriffs' offices, federal law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, campus law enforcement, law enforcement training academies, forensic investigation, police-public contacts, use of force, arrest-related deaths, community policing.

A companion to the online CDE portal, this page provides access to reports (and data) on Crime in the United States, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, Hate Crime reports, Cargo theft, human trafficking and others

The National Juvenile Court Data Archive (Archive) houses the automated records of cases handled by courts with juvenile jurisdiction. The Archive was established by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, within the U.S. Department of Justice, to promote access to automated juvenile court data sets for juvenile justice research and policymaking efforts. This web site was developed to inform researchers about the available data sets and the procedures for use and access

Includes reports and data on a variety of federal court themes such as federal court management, federal judicial caseloads, delayed-notice search warrants, bankruptcy filing, wiretaps and a lot more.

Provides reports that include statistical information on a variety of sentencing topics.

My favorite!! Great source for finding federal sentencing data and segmenting that data by type of crime, demographics and geography. Compares data from 2015 -

The Carp-Manning U.S. District Court Case Database contains decision-making data on 110,000+ decisions by federal district court judges handed down from 1927 to 2012. The dataset includes coded decisions published in the Federal Supplement, the primary publication venue for U.S. district court rulings.

The Database contains over two hundred pieces of information about each case decided by the Court between the 1791 and 2019 terms.

Provides links to data and statistics obtained through: the National Prisoner Statistics Program, the Annual Survey of Jails, the Annual Probation and Parole Survey, the National Corrections Reporting Program, the Census of Jails and the Census of State and Federal Adult Correction Facilities, and the Justice Expenditures and Employment Extracts

Provide quick stats on current federal prison inmates and staff by a number of demographic factors. Updated frequently. No historic data.

The National Institute of Corrections provides statistical briefs for all 50 states that give an overview of correctional systems.

provides free access to information about prison systems throughout the world. Country information is updated on a monthly basis, using data largely derived from governmental or other official sources.

A product of the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, the ICVS, measures how citizens in a large number of countries feel about their security and safety. The data files are available in SPSS and portable formats.

Maintained by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, this provides regularly updates on global statistical series on crime, criminal justice, drug trafficking and prices, drug production, and drug use.

provides free access to information about prison systems throughout the world. Country information is updated on a monthly basis, using data largely derived from governmental or other official sources.