Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI Crime Data Explorer

The FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) provides public access to Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data through a JSON API. The API exposes summary statistics, agency-level participation, offense and arrest counts, and hate crime, victimization, and law enforcement officer data drawn from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and Summary Reporting System.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://crime-data-explorer.fbi.gov/pages/docApi

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Portal
https://crime-data-explorer.fbi.gov/
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-bureau-of-investigation/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: federal-bureau-of-investigation:crime-data-explorer
name: FBI Crime Data Explorer
description: The FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) provides public access to Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
  data through a JSON API. The API exposes summary statistics, agency-level participation, offense and
  arrest counts, and hate crime, victimization, and law enforcement officer data drawn from the National
  Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and Summary Reporting System.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://crime-data-explorer.fbi.gov/
baseURL: https://api.usa.gov/crime/fbi/cde
tags:
- Crime Data
- Law Enforcement
- Statistics
- Uniform Crime Reporting
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://crime-data-explorer.fbi.gov/pages/docApi
- type: Portal
  url: https://crime-data-explorer.fbi.gov/