# BJS NIBRS National Estimates API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/department-of-justice/bjs-nibrs-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-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api

BJS NIBRS National Estimates 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, National Estimates, NIBRS, and Statistics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
- **NIBRS Program** — https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs
- **Codebook** — https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/nibrs-codebook-supplementary-documentation.pdf

## 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 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-justice/bjs-ncvs-api/)
- [DOJ Open Data Catalog](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-justice/doj-open-data-catalog/)

## Tags

BJS, Crime, National Estimates, NIBRS, Statistics

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