National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

BJS Acting Director Reflects on 2024 and Looks Ahead at 2025

By Kevin M. Scott, PhD
BJS Acting Director

2024, our 45th year, was a significant one for the Bureau of Justice Statistics in meeting our mission. In 2024, we:

Launched the first redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey in 30 years, fielding the new instrument in a split sample with the existing instrument.
Managed four criminal justice data improvement grant programs for which...

What is nonfatal firearm violence?

Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence, 1993-2023

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November 2024

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Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence

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Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2024

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October 2024

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Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities

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Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2022

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October 2024

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Contacts Between Police and the Public

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Criminal Victimization, 2023

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September 2024

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Criminal Victimization

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Socio-Emotional Consequences of Violent Crime, 2022

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August 2024

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Just the Stats

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Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2023 and Indicator 2: Incidence of Nonfatal Victimization at School and Away From School

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July 2024

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Indicators of School Crime and Safety

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How many persons are victims of crime in a given year?

Crimes Involving Juveniles, 1993–2022

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April 2024

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Data Breach Notifications and Identity Theft, 2021

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January 2024

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Just the Stats

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The National Crime Victimization Survey and National Incident-Based Reporting System: A complementary picture of crime in 2022

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December 2023

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NCVS and NIBRS Comparisons

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Victims of Identity Theft, 2021

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October 2023

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Identity Theft

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Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2023

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October 2023

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Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities

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Reflections on the NCVS at 50, and Why It Still Matters

By Laura Evans
BJS Writer-Editor

For the past 50 years, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) has been the main source of information on criminal victimization in the United States. The NCVS is sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the primary statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. It captures information on nonfatal crimes reported to police and those that are...

Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2022 and Indicator 2: Incidence of Victimization at School and Away From School

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September 2023

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Indicators of School Crime and Safety

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Criminal Victimization, 2022

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September 2023

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Criminal Victimization

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Historical Perspective on the National Crime Victimization Survey…50 Years of Data and Counting

By Stephanie Eckroth, PhD
BJS Technical Writer-Editor

In coming together to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) this year, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is taking a moment to reflect on the survey’s history.

The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), BJS’s predecessor, fielded the first iteration of the NCVS (then the National Crime Survey) in July 1972. The...