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Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for collecting, analysing, and disseminating crime, criminal-justice, expenditure, and victimisation data. BJS exposes selected datasets through Socrata Open Data APIs and offers interactive data analysis tools such as the Justice Expenditure and Employment Tool (JEET) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Quick Tables.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: NCVS API and NIBRS API. Tagged areas include Crime Statistics, Federal Government, NCVS, NIBRS, and Open Data.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools’ developer surface includes authentication and 10 more developer resources.

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39.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
Crime StatisticsFederal GovernmentNCVSNIBRSOpen DataSODAStatisticsVictimization

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 39.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 15.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 3.8 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 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 0 / 4
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APIs 2

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

Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools NCVS API

National Crime Victimization Survey datasets.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools NIBRS API

NIBRS national-estimates datasets.

Open Collections 2

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

BJS NCVS API

OPEN COLLECTION

BJS NIBRS National Estimates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Data Analysis Tools Bureau Of Justice Statistics Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Data Analysis Tools Bureau Of Justice Statistics Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Data Analysis Tools Bureau Of Justice Statistics Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Bjs Context

3 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools API Rules

5 rules · 2 errors 3 warnings

SPECTRAL

Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools API Rules

4 rules · 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

BJSDatasetRow

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

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

Data Analysis Tools Bureau Of Justice Statistics Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Data Analysis Tools Bureau Of Justice Statistics Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Data Analysis Tools Bureau Of Justice Statistics Agentic Access

4 operations

4 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Data Analysis Tools
Data Analysis Tools
 Data Collections
Data Collections

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Publications
Publications
 DOJ Developer
DOJ Developer

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics
name: Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics.png
tags:
- Crime Statistics
- Federal Government
- NCVS
- NIBRS
- Open Data
- SODA
- Statistics
- Victimization
created: '2024-11-30'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
kind: government
description: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for collecting,
  analysing, and disseminating crime, criminal-justice, expenditure, and victimisation data. BJS exposes selected datasets
  through Socrata Open Data APIs and offers interactive data analysis tools such as the Justice Expenditure and Employment
  Tool (JEET) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Quick Tables.
apis:
- aid: data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics:data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-ncvs-api
  name: Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools NCVS API
  description: National Crime Victimization Survey datasets.
  humanURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
  baseURL: https://api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1
  tags:
  - NCVS
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-ncvs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
  - type: Featured
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/featured/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-application-programming-interface-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/bjs-dataset-row.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/bjs-ncvs-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/bjs-data-analysis-tools-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
- aid: data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics:data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-nibrs-api
  name: Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools NIBRS API
  description: NIBRS national-estimates datasets.
  humanURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
  baseURL: https://api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1
  tags:
  - NIBRS
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-nibrs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
  - type: Featured
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/featured/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-application-programming-interface-api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/bjs-dataset-row.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/bjs-ncvs-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/bjs-data-analysis-tools-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/data-analysis-tools-bureau-of-justice-statistics-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-justice-statistics
- type: Website
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/
- type: Data Analysis Tools
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data/data-analysis-tools
- type: Data Collections
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collections
- type: Publications
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/library
- type: DOJ Developer
  url: https://www.justice.gov/developer
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/bjs-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/bjs-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com