Primary Criminology Data Sets & Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
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Supplemental URLs
    BJS Data for Analysis
    Publications List

Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
Also Known as: FJSRC, Urban Institute
Data on suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system, from the receipt of a criminal matter or arrest of suspect to release from prison into supervision. Stages of criminal...   [more]
Holdings: Data cover 1994 to present (currently 2001).
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Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition
The best starting-place for statistical information on the United States, for the colonial era and 1790-2000 (including the Confederate States of America). Presents 37,339 data series on population (i...   [more]

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Also Known as: NACJD ICPSR
USE OF NACJD DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access and online data analysis for quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR on U.S. and...   [more]
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National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
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Proquest Statistical Insight
Also Known as: Statistical Universe, lexisnexis statistical
Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available....   [more]

Important Criminology Data Sets & Statistics

Council of European Social Science Data Archives
An umbrella organization for social science data archives across Europe....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Catalog

Criminology Data and Statistics
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Data.gov
U.S. Government open data. Identifies and links to U.S. federal, state, and local data, tools, and resources....   [more]
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European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics
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FACTS : Firearm Safety among Children and Teens
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Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930
Searchable database of Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index describing 11,000 homicides....   [more]
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ICPSR
Also Known as: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research SIMI Variables
USE OF ICPSR DATA REQUIRES STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access to social science quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR. Subjects covered includ...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present.
Supplemental URLs
    ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature
    SDA Online Data Analysis System
    Publications-Related Archive
    SIMI: Site for Instructional Materials and Information
    SSVD: Social Science Variables Database

Incarceration Atlas
State-level and federal-level U.S. prison and jail inmate characteristics and incarceration statistics. A Mother Jones project....   [more]
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Justice Atlas of Sentencing and Corrections
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Philadelphia Police Department - Crime Statistics
Interactive crime maps dating back six months, homicide reports for 2007-present, monthly Part I crime totals from previous year....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Citywide Stats

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online
Also Known as: US Bureau of Justice Statistics
Compiles statistics about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. Contents derive from current published Sourcebook, with data for the forthcoming volume added as available....   [more]
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
Also Known as: SAMHDA ICPSR
USE OF SAMHDA DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access and online data analysis for quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR on substan...   [more]
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TRACfed
Also Known as: TRAC Reports, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Trac Fed, TRAC
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U.S. Census Bureau
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U.S. Department of Justice
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UK National Digital Archive of Datasets
Also Known as: NDAD
FREE BUT REQUIRES REGISTRATION. Documentation and data downloading from British central government agencies' data sets preserved by the UK National Archives (formerly Public Records Office). Data sets...   [more]
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Uniform Crime Reports
Includes Crime in the United States, 1995-present; Hate Crimes, 1995-present; and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 1996-present....   [more]
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Related Criminology Data Sets & Statistics

American Factfinder
Population, geographic, economic and geographic data....   [more]
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General Social Survey
Also Known as: GSS
Omnibus personal interview survey of U.S. households, conducted almost annually....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Quick download: GSS 1972-2010 datasets (Roper Express)
    GSS Bibliography
    GSS 1972-2010 Quick Tables (with charts) (Berkeley SDA Archive)
    NORC Official GSS Site
    Extracting Data from the GSS into SPSS

State of the Cities Data Systems
Also Known as: SOCDS, HUD User
Statistics for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and suburbs. Data include decennial census, current unemployment rates, jobs, business establishments, and average pay, violent crime and ...   [more]
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UNdata
The central statistical information service for the United Nations and its affiliates and international partners. Replaces UNSTATS....   [more]
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UNSTATS
Also Known as: United Nations Common Database, UNCDB
Time series statistical information for countries collected from UN and related international governmental organizations. Topics covered include population composition and change; human settlements, h...   [more]
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