Data for analysis - Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstracts

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These Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstract spreadsheets are:

aggregated data from a wide variety of published sources
intended for analytic use
include crime, justice and sociodemographic variables
often contain data over time and by jurisdiction

Most of these files are in .csv format which can be easily read by most spreadsheet and statistical programs, and many word processors. A few of the holdings are a collection of files which are archived into one .zip file to facilitate transfer from the Internet. For more information about how to access these files, see Help for using BJS products.

Index of available files

By topic: Crime and arrest data; Criminal justice data; Corrections data; Demographic data

By jurisdiction: National data; Federal data; State data; County data; City data

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Crime and arrest data

Criminal offenses (number of crimes reported to police and crime rates) since 1960, U.S. totals and by State from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, 4/03

For additional data on States and localities, see Data Online.
Arrests by age group, number and rates for total offenses, violent offenses, and property offenses, 1970-2003, 12/04 Spreadsheet (17K)
The number of arrests for violent crimes of juveniles (under age 18) and adults (age 18 or older), 1970-2003, 12/04 Spreadsheet (5K)
Homicide victimization and offending rates of juveniles and young adults, by State, 1976-99 based on the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports, 2/01, 4 spreadsheets in zip format (11K)
Number of homicides and population for cities with estimated population 100,000 or more, from 1985-97, 7/99, Spreadsheet (33K)

Note: For additional information on homicide in large cities, see Homicide Trends and Characteristics in Data Online.
Index offense crimes and arrests, the 90 largest counties, 1990-96, 10/98, Spreadsheet (92K)
Selected crime data, as well as data on criminal justice resources and demographic variables, 12/99,
- 90 most populous counties. Spreadsheet (34K)
- 25 largest cities. Spreadsheet (12K)

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Criminal justice data

Number of full-time sworn law enforcement officers, rate per 100,000 residents, and percent change since 1975 in the United States, 01/03 Spreadsheet (2K)
State and local law enforcement agencies and employees, by State and type of agency, 1996, 6/98, Spreadsheet (9K)
Selected crime data, as well as data on criminal justice resources and demographic variables, 4/97,
- 90 most populous counties. Spreadsheet (34K)
- 25 largest cities. Spreadsheet (12K)
Case processing data by Federal court district, Spreadsheets in zip format -- more recent district data are available online from the Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
- 1993, 4/97, (66K)
- 1994, 5/98, (67K)
- 1995, 6/98, (68K)
- 1996, 1/99, (68K)
Criminal Justice expenditure and employment trends

Expenditures

Employment

1980-99 02/02

Total employees, by activity and level of government, Spreadsheet (7K)
Justice payroll. One-month payroll, by activity and level of government, Spreadsheet (7K)
Total justice employment per 10,000 population by activity, for all governments, Spreadsheet (3K)
Total police full-time equivalent employees, sworn police full-time equivalent employees, and percent sworn of all police employees, by level of government, Spreadsheet (5K)

1982-99

Total employees by level of government, Spreadsheet (3K)
Justice payroll. One-month payroll by level of government, Spreadsheet (3K)

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Corrections

Prisoners | Jail inmates | Persons incarcerated | Probation and Parole |
Capital Punishment

Prisoners

National Corrections Reporting Program: About the Source

Time served in State prison, by offense, release type, gender, and race, 7/07 Spreadsheets in zip format:
1993 (9K) | 1994 (10K) | 1995 (10K) | 1996 (10K) | 1997 (10K) |
1998 (9K) | 1999 (9K) | 2000 (9K) | 2001 (10K) | 2002 (10K) | 2003 (10K)
Sentence length of State prisoners, by offense, admission type, gender, and race, 7/07, Spreadsheets in zip format:
1993 (11K) | 1994 (12K) | 1995 (11K) | 1996 (12K) | 1997 (13K) |
1998 (10K) | 1999 (9K)| 2000 (10K) | 2001 (11K) | 2002 (10K) | 2003 (11K)
Most serious offense of State prisoners, by offense, admission type, age, gender, race, and Hispanic origin, 7/07, Spreadsheets in zip format:
1993 (12K) | 1994 (12K) | 1995 (12K) | 1996 (12K) | 1997 (12K) |
1998 (12K) | 1999 (12K) | 2000 (12K) | 2001 (12K) | 2002 (11K) | 2003 (12K)

State-by-State and Federal

Incarceration rates for prisoners, under State or Federal jurisdiction, per 100,000 residents, 1977-98, 9/00, Spreadsheet (8K)

Year-end totals

Prisoners under State or Federal jurisdiction, Federal and State-by-State, 1977-2004, 12/05
All prisoners, Spreadsheet (16K)

Female prisoners, Spreadsheet (11K)

Male prisoners, Spreadsheet (16K)
Prisoners under State or Federal jurisdiction sentenced to more than one year, Federal and State-by-State, 1977-2004, 12/05
All prisoners Spreadsheet (16K)
Male prisoners Spreadsheet (16K)
Female prisoners Spreadsheet (11K)

Prisoners in custody of State or Federal correctional authorities, Federal and State-by-State, 9/00
Prisoners in custody, 1977-98, Spreadsheet (10K)

Prisoners sentenced to more than a year, 1977-98, Spreadsheet (10K)

Female prisoners, 1983-98, Spreadsheet (6K)

Male prisoners, 1983-98, Spreadsheet (8K)

Annual admissions

Prisoners sentenced to more than one year who were admitted to State or Federal jurisdiction, 1977-98, 9/00

All prisoners Spreadsheet (9K)

Male prisoners Spreadsheet (9K)

Female prisoners Spreadsheet (8K)

New court commitments sentenced to more than one year who were admitted to State or Federal jurisdiction, 1977-98, 9/00

All inmates Spreadsheet (9K)

Male inmates Spreadsheet (9K)

Female inmates Spreadsheet (8K)

Conditional release violators sentenced to more than one year, returned to State or Federal jurisdiction, 1977-98, 9/00

All violators Spreadsheet (8K)

Male violators Spreadsheet (8K)

Female violators Spreadsheet (7K)

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Annual releases

Sentenced prisoners released from State or Federal jurisdiction, 1977-98, 9/00

All prisoners, Spreadsheet (9K)

Male prisoners, Spreadsheet (9K)

Female prisoners, Spreadsheet (8K),

Prisoners released unconditionally from State or Federal jurisdiction, 1977-98, 9/00

All prisoners, Spreadsheet (8K)

Male prisoners, Spreadsheet (8K)

Female prisoners, Spreadsheet (7K)

Prisoners released conditionally from State or Federal jurisdiction, 1977-98, 9/00

All prisoners, Spreadsheet (9K)

Male prisoners, Spreadsheet (9K)

Female prisoners, Spreadsheet (8K)

Deaths among sentenced prisoners, under State or Federal jurisdiction, 1978-98, 9/00, Spreadsheet (21K)

Jail inmates

Jail inmates in custody, by sex, Federal and State-by-state, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 4/97, Spreadsheet (6K)

Persons incarcerated

Prison and Jail Inmates, by State 9/00

All inmates, 1983, 1988, 1993, Spreadsheet (12K)
Male inmates, 1988, 1993, Spreadsheet (9K)
Female inmates, 1988, 1993, Spreadsheet (8K)

Probation and Parole

Adults on probation, Federal and State-by-State, 1977-2005, 12/06, Spreadsheet (18K)

Adults on parole, Federal and State-by-State, 1975-2005, 12/06, Spreadsheet (16K)

Capital Punishment

Prisoners executed under civil authority in the United States, by year, Federal, State-by-state, and region, 1977-2007, 12/07, Spreadsheet (6K)

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Demographic data

Location and demographic data for all 3,141 counties and county-like entities in the United States, 4/97, Spreadsheet (507K)

U.S. Census Bureau population data estimates

Population projections: -- National; -- State

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National data

Criminal offenses (number of crimes reported to police and crime rates) since 1960, U.S. totals and by State from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, 4/03

For additional data on States and localities, see Data Online.
Arrests by age group, number and rates for total offenses, index offenses, violent offenses, and property offenses, 1970-99, 10/00 Spreadsheet (17K)
The number of arrests for violent crimes of juveniles (under age 18) and adults (age 18 or older), 1970-99, 10/00 Spreadsheet (5K)
Number of full-time sworn law enforcement officers, rate per 100,000 residents, and percent change since 1975 in the United States, 11/99 Spreadsheet (2K)
Criminal Justice Expenditure and Employment, 02/02- 12 separate files listed

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Federal data - Online tabulations of Federal data and downloadable datasets are available from the Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center

Case processing data by Federal court district, Spreadsheets in zip format -- more recent district data are available online from the Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center

1993, 4/97, (66K)
1994, 5/98, (67K)
1995, 6/98, (68K)
1996, 1/99, (68K)

Location and demographic data including Federal district for all 3,141 counties and county-like entities in the United States. Spreadsheet (507K)
Corrections data - 53 separate files listed

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State data

Crime

Homicide victimization and offending rates of juveniles and young adults, by State, 1976-99 based on the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports, 2/01, 4 spreadsheets in zip format (11K)
Criminal offenses (number of crimes reported to police and crime rates) since 1960, U.S. totals and by State from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, 4/03

For additional data on States and localities, see Data Online.

Law enforcement

State and local law enforcement agencies and employees, by State and type of agency, 1996, 6/98, Spreadsheet (9K)

Corrections data - 34 separate files listed

Get State crime and arrest data along with data from many other Federal agencies at MapStats, a feature of FedStats.

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County data

Index offense crimes and arrests, the 90 largest counties, 1990-96, 10/98, Spreadsheet (92K)
Selected crime data, as well as data on police, prosecutorial, and jail resources, and employment, income, and educational variables, 90 most populous counties, 12/99, Spreadsheet (34K)
Location and demographic data for all 3,141 counties and county-like entities in the United States, 4/97, Spreadsheet (507K)

Get county level crime data along with data from many other Federal agencies at MapStats, a feature of FedStats.

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City data

Selected crime data, as well as data on police, and criminal justice expenditures, 25 largest cities, 12/99, Spreadsheet (12K)
Number of homicides and population for cities with estimated population 100,000 or more, from 1985-97, 7/99, Spreadsheet (33K)

Note: For additional information on homicide in large cities, see Homicide Trends and Characteristics in Data Online.

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Additional data files

Publications - In addition to these files, spreadsheets with the data from the tables are available for many of the BJS publications. They are listed with the publication abstracts which can be accessed either by topic or the publications list.

Key Facts at a Glance - Trend data for many major crime and justice indicators are also available in spreadsheets which can be easily imported into spreadsheets for charting or analysis. You can view these tables by clicking on the large version of the trends chart in Key Facts at a Glance or by selecting them from the list of files. Each table has a link to a downloadable spreadsheet.

Homicide trends in the United States and Drugs and Crime Facts - Click on the charts to view the data.

Data Online - Interactive tables on criminal offenses from the Uniform Crime Reports for all 50 states and about 3,900 local agencies, homicide trends and characteristics for all 50 states and localities with a population of more than 250,000, and law enforcement management and administrative statistics for state and local agencies with more than 100 sworn officers.

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