# Bureau of Justice Statistics

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/bureau-of-justice-statistics/  
**Website:** https://bjs.ojp.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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

## Kin Score — 17.9 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 17.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 55.6 |
| Contract Quality | 44.1 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (5)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Bureau Of Justice Statistics Agentic Access** — 6 operations

## Security (1)

- **Bureau Of Justice Statistics Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Bureau Of Justice Statistics Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Crime, Federal-Government, Justice, Statistics, Victimization, Recidivism

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/bureau-of-justice-statistics/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.