Department of Justice

BJS NIBRS National Estimates API

The Bureau of Justice Statistics NIBRS National Estimates API provides REST access to the National Incident-Based Reporting System estimates including victimization counts and rates. Endpoints return JSON or CSV and follow a path, resource, query parameter structure with a default page size of 1,000 records.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api

Other Resources

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X-NIBRSProgram
https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs
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X-Codebook
https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/nibrs-codebook-supplementary-documentation.pdf

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: department-of-justice:bjs-nibrs-api
name: BJS NIBRS National Estimates API
description: The Bureau of Justice Statistics NIBRS National Estimates API provides REST access to the
  National Incident-Based Reporting System estimates including victimization counts and rates. Endpoints
  return JSON or CSV and follow a path, resource, query parameter structure with a default page size of
  1,000 records.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
baseURL: https://api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1
tags:
- BJS
- Crime
- National Estimates
- NIBRS
- Statistics
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
- type: X-NIBRSProgram
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs
- type: X-Codebook
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/nibrs-codebook-supplementary-documentation.pdf
contact:
- FN: Bureau of Justice Statistics
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/about-bjs-website