BJS has released the 2023 National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) extract files through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). The NIBRS data that law enforcement agencies report to the FBI serve as the principal source of information on criminal incidents and arrests recorded by law enforcement agencies in the United States. BJS developed these extract files to provide user access to NIBRS data that have been reconfigured for use with widely available analytics software. Users can access incident details and explore data on victims, persons arrested, and the police clearance of criminal incidents. BJS supports the archiving of these files through NACJD to facilitate access to the NIBRS data by researchers, academics, students, and the public.
Annual NIBRS data collected by the FBI include 24 offense categories with information on:
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fatal and nonfatal violent crimes committed against persons of all ages
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property crimes committed against persons and businesses
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crimes against society, including animal cruelty, drug offenses, and weapon law violations
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demographic characteristics of victims, alleged offenders, and persons arrested
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offender firearm or weapon use
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hate crime incidents
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arrests made
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assaults and killings of law enforcement officers.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Kevin M. Scott, PhD, is the acting director.
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