Department of Justice

BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API

The Bureau of Justice Statistics NCVS API provides REST access to the National Crime Victimization Survey datasets. Endpoints expose Personal Victimization, Personal Population, Household Victimization, and Household Population data in JSON and CSV. The API uses a path, resource, and query parameter structure with a default page size of 1,000 records.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api

Other Resources

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NCVS Program
https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collection/ncvs
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Featured
https://bjs.ojp.gov/featured/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-application-programming-interface-api
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Data Tools
https://bjs.ojp.gov/data/data-analysis-tools

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: department-of-justice:bjs-ncvs-api
name: BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API
description: The Bureau of Justice Statistics NCVS API provides REST access to the National Crime Victimization
  Survey datasets. Endpoints expose Personal Victimization, Personal Population, Household Victimization,
  and Household Population data in JSON and CSV. The API uses a path, resource, and query parameter structure
  with a default page size of 1,000 records.
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humanURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
baseURL: https://bjs.ojp.gov/api
tags:
- BJS
- Crime
- NCVS
- Statistics
- Victimization
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-api
- type: NCVS Program
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collection/ncvs
- type: Featured
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/featured/national-crime-victimization-survey-ncvs-application-programming-interface-api
- type: Data Tools
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data/data-analysis-tools
contact:
- FN: Bureau of Justice Statistics
  url: https://bjs.ojp.gov/about-bjs-website