Research Guides: Criminal Justice: Statistics & Datasets

Statistics & Datasets

Bureau of Justice Statistics
BJS provides the most comprehensive collection of U.S. crime statistics available. See related links for additional sources beyond the U.S. government.
Uniform Crime Reports [FBI]
Hate Crime Statistics is also available through the FBI.
Maryland Crime Statistics
Provided by the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center (MSAC) of the Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention (GOCCP).
UNODC: Data & Analysis
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is a major source of international data on crime.
Statistics from USA.gov
The statistics and data portal for the United States federal government

Statista
U.S. and international business statistics such as company market share and industry forecasts. Good coverage of e-commerce and digital markets along with other industries. Includes some public opinion statistics.
ICPSR: Find & Analyze Data
Composed of a consortium of over 700 academic and research institutions, ICPSR is a data archive containing over 500,000 data files that have been submitted by research teams, and are available for download by TU users.
- Select Find Publications to access the ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature
- Use the Find and Analyze Data box to search by keyword or browse by topic or series
- Search results may be sorted by relevancy, alphabetically, release date, or time period
- Some of the thematic collections include: aging; criminal justice; demographic data; race & ethnicity; LGBT health, and human development

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
"The NACJD archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis. The archive contains data from over 3,100 curated studies or statistical data series."