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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Contract Quality 11.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

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Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.6 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

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Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

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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 1

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

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

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Bureau Of Justice Statistics Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

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Portal

Portal

Data Portal

Data Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

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AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

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Data Collections

Data Collections

Access & Security 1

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

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PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

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LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

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
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
  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
  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: '0.19'