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Bureau of Justice Statistics

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) publishes information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems.

Bureau of Justice Statistics publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Property Crime API, Victimization API, and Violent Crime API. Tagged areas include Crime, Federal-Government, Justice, Statistics, and Victimization.

Bureau of Justice Statistics’ developer surface includes developer portal and 7 more developer resources.

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17.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemium
5 APIs
CrimeFederal-GovernmentJusticeStatisticsVictimizationRecidivism

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 17.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 9.4 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 1.6 / 17
Access Clarity 0.0 / 17
Operational Transparency 0.9 / 11
Contract Governance 0.0 / 10
Discoverability 4.7 / 9
Regulatory Posture 1.7 / 15
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API

Provides access to victimization data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), covering personal and household victimization data along with population estimates. No...

BJS Data Analysis Tools

A suite of interactive web-based data tools providing access to BJS statistical data on crime, corrections, courts, law enforcement, and victimization. Tools include LEARCAT (la...

Bureau of Justice Statistics Property Crime API

The Property Crime API from Bureau of Justice Statistics — 2 operation(s) for property crime.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Victimization API

The Victimization API from Bureau of Justice Statistics — 2 operation(s) for victimization.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Violent Crime API

The Violent Crime API from Bureau of Justice Statistics — 2 operation(s) for violent crime.

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

BJS NIBRS National Estimates Property Crime API

OPEN COLLECTION

BJS NIBRS National Estimates Property Crime Victimization API

OPEN COLLECTION

BJS NIBRS National Estimates Property Crime Violent Crime API

OPEN COLLECTION

BJS NIBRS National Estimates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Bureau Of Justice Statistics Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bureau Of Justice Statistics Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Bureau Of Justice Statistics Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bureau Of Justice Statistics Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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Bureau Of Justice Statistics Agentic Access

6 operations

6 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Data Portal
Data Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Data Collections
Data Collections

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bureau-of-justice-statistics
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-justice-statistics/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bureau of Justice Statistics
tags:
- Crime
- Federal-Government
- Justice
- Statistics
- Victimization
- Recidivism
tags_raw:
- Crime
- Federal Government
- Justice
- Statistics
- Victimization
- Recidivism
type: Index
kind: government
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bureau-of-justice-statistics.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-30'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
description: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) publishes information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime,
  and the operation of justice systems.
apis:
- aid: bureau-of-justice-statistics:ncvs-api
  name: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API
  tags:
  - Federal-Government
  - Victimization
  - Statistics
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Victimization
  - Statistics
  humanURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
  baseURL: https://api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1/
  properties:
  - url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
    type: Documentation
  description: Provides access to victimization data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), covering personal
    and household victimization data along with population estimates. No authentication required.
  features:
  - Personal Victimization Data
  - Household Victimization Data
  - Population Estimates
  - JSON and CSV Formats
  - Filterable by Year
  useCases:
  - Victimization research
  - Policy development
  - Trend analysis over time
  - Comparative household and personal crime studies
- aid: bureau-of-justice-statistics:bjs-data-analysis-tools
  name: BJS Data Analysis Tools
  tags:
  - Federal-Government
  - Statistics
  - Dashboards
  tags_raw:
  - Federal Government
  - Statistics
  - Dashboards
  humanURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data/data-analysis-tools
  properties:
  - url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data/data-analysis-tools
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://learcat.bjs.ojp.gov/
    type: Tools
  - url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/recidivism-patterns-explorer
    type: Tools
  - url: https://fccps.bjs.ojp.gov/
    type: Tools
  - url: https://csat.bjs.ojp.gov/
    type: Tools
  - url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/jeet
    type: Tools
  - url: https://ncvs.bjs.ojp.gov/Home
    type: Tools
  description: A suite of interactive web-based data tools providing access to BJS statistical data on crime, corrections,
    courts, law enforcement, and victimization. Tools include LEARCAT (law enforcement agency crime data), Recidivism Patterns
    Explorer, Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics, and NCVS Dashboard.
  features:
  - Law Enforcement Crime Data (LEARCAT)
  - Recidivism Analysis
  - Federal Criminal Case Processing
  - Corrections Statistical Analysis
  - Justice Expenditure Data
  - Parole and Probation Dashboards
  useCases:
  - Criminal justice research
  - Recidivism policy analysis
  - Justice system spending analysis
  - Interactive data exploration
- aid: bureau-of-justice-statistics:bureau-of-justice-statistics-property-crime-api
  name: Bureau of Justice Statistics Property Crime API
  description: The Property Crime API from Bureau of Justice Statistics — 2 operation(s) for property crime.
  humanURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
  baseURL: https://api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1/
  tags:
  - Property Crime
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-justice-statistics-property-crime-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=ojp-gov
- aid: bureau-of-justice-statistics:bureau-of-justice-statistics-victimization-api
  name: Bureau of Justice Statistics Victimization API
  description: The Victimization API from Bureau of Justice Statistics — 2 operation(s) for victimization.
  humanURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
  baseURL: https://api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1/
  tags:
  - Victimization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-justice-statistics-victimization-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=ojp-gov
- aid: bureau-of-justice-statistics:bureau-of-justice-statistics-violent-crime-api
  name: Bureau of Justice Statistics Violent Crime API
  description: The Violent Crime API from Bureau of Justice Statistics — 2 operation(s) for violent crime.
  humanURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
  baseURL: https://api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1/
  tags:
  - Violent Crime
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bureau-of-justice-statistics-violent-crime-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=ojp-gov
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bureau-of-justice-statistics-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bureau-of-justice-statistics-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-justice-statistics
- type: Website
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/
- type: Portal
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/legal/privacy-policy
- type: Data Collections
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collections/search
- type: Data Portal
  url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=ojp-gov
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'