# BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/department-of-justice/bjs-ncvs-api/  
**Provider:** Department of Justice — https://apis.io/providers/department-of-justice/  
**Base URL:** https://bjs.ojp.gov/api  
**Documentation:** https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api

BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API is one of 5 APIs that [Department of Justice](https://apis.io/providers/department-of-justice/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include BJS, Crime, NCVS, Statistics, and Victimization. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics NCVS API provides REST access to the National Crime Victimization Survey datasets. Endpoints expose Personal Victimization, Personal Population, Household Victimization, and Household Population data in JSON and CSV. The API uses a path, resource, and query parameter structure with a default page size of 1,000 records.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
- **NCVS Program** — https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collection/ncvs
- **Featured** — https://bjs.ojp.gov/featured/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-application-programming-interface-api
- **Data Tools** — https://bjs.ojp.gov/data/data-analysis-tools

## Other Department of Justice APIs (4)

- [DOJ News API](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-justice/doj-news-api/)
- [FOIA.gov Annual Report API](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-justice/foia-annual-report-api/)
- [BJS NIBRS National Estimates API](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-justice/bjs-nibrs-api/)
- [DOJ Open Data Catalog](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-justice/doj-open-data-catalog/)

## Tags

BJS, Crime, NCVS, Statistics, Victimization

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