Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools

Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools NIBRS API

NIBRS national-estimates datasets.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /resource/{datasetId}.json Get NIBRS dataset as JSON #
GET /resource/{datasetId}.csv Get NIBRS dataset as CSV #

Documentation

📖
Documentation
https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
📖
Documentation
https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api

Specifications

⚙
OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics/refs/heads/main/openapi/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-nibrs-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

📊
JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics/refs/heads/main/json-schema/bjs-dataset-row.json

Other Resources

🔗
Featured
https://bjs.ojp.gov/featured/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-application-programming-interface-api
🔗
Rules
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics/refs/heads/main/rules/bjs-ncvs-api-rules.yml

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this
  • find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
  • get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
  • get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
  • find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This API 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-nibrs-api"
All apis 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-nibrs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: BJS NCVS NIBRS API
  description: The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API exposes selected NCVS datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). Each dataset is identified by a four-character resource code and may be requested as JSON or CSV.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Bureau of Justice Statistics
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/
servers:
- url: https://api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1
  description: BJS dataset API base URL
tags:
- name: NIBRS
  description: NIBRS national-estimates datasets.
paths:
  /resource/{datasetId}.json:
    get:
      operationId: getNibrsDatasetJson
      summary: Get NIBRS dataset as JSON
      description: Returns NIBRS national-estimates rows in JSON format.
      tags:
      - NIBRS
      parameters:
      - name: datasetId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}$
      - name: $select
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: $where
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: $order
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: $group
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: $limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1000
      - name: $offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of dataset rows
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
  /resource/{datasetId}.csv:
    get:
      operationId: getNibrsDatasetCsv
      summary: Get NIBRS dataset as CSV
      tags:
      - NIBRS
      parameters:
      - name: datasetId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: CSV-formatted rows
          content:
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
components:
  securitySchemes:
    appToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-App-Token
      description: Optional Socrata application token for higher rate limits.