National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
LEARCAT Methodology
LEARCAT User Guide and Methodology
About LEARCAT
The Law Enforcement Agency Reported Crime Analysis Tool (LEARCAT) dashboard enables you to examine crime information reported by participating law enforcement agencies to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). As of January 1, 2021, the FBI transitioned to NIBRS as the nation’s official law enforcement crime reporting standard. NIBRS collects details on crime incidents including the number...
Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics (FCCPS) Tool
About The FCCPS Tool
The Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics (FCCPS) Tool is an interactive webtool that allows practitioners, policy makers, academics, and the general public to investigate and research various aspects about the federal criminal justice system. The FCCPS Tool enables the querying of data on the persons processed in the federal criminal justice system in nine cohorts across three case processing stages: (1)...
Female Murder Victims and Victim-Offender Relationship, 2021
Measuring Crime Reported to Law Enforcement using NIBRS Data Podcast
Listen as Erica Smith, Unit Chief overseeing the Law Enforcement Incident-Based Statistics Unit, BJS and Edward Abraham, Unit Chief, Crime and Law Enforcement Statistics Unit, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, FBI discuss the significant improvements the transition to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) offers in this Justice Today podcast.
Measuring Crime Reported to Law Enforcement using NIBRS Data
Indicators for Crime Estimates Using NIBRS Data
NIBRS Estimation Project
Beginning with the 2021 data year, estimates of crime known to law enforcement will be based solely on data provided to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System, or NIBRS. In 2021, 67.9% of all crime-reporting law enforcement agencies were reporting to NIBRS, covering 65.7% of the U.S. population.
To calculate a national crime rate based on NIBRS data, BJS, in partnership with the FBI and...
NIBRS Estimation Summary
Estimation Procedures for Crimes in the United States Based on NIBRS Data
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
Beginning in January, 2021, the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) became the national standard for law enforcement crime data reporting in the United States. The transition to NIBRS represented a significant improvement in how reported crime is measured and estimated by the federal government.
NIBRS captures detailed data about the characteristics of criminal incidents, including:
- a broad array of offenses
- types and amount of...
FBI and Bureau of Justice Statistics Award $24.2 Million to Law Enforcement Agencies to Support National Crime-Reporting Infrastructure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
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FBI AND BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS AWARD $24.2 MILLION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL CRIME-REPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE
Funding is part of the 2016 National Crime Statistics Exchange initiative
WASHINGTON – A total of $24.2 million in...