Crime & Justice statistics

Find crime & justice statistics from leading sources below.

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International Organisations

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - started in 1997 and provides data and analysis to members on drugs, terrorism, corruption, etc.

Statista - Crime and Law Enforcement - access for students and staff of the University or subscribers.

International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS) Series - compares crime rates in different nations and provides a crime index independent of police statistics as an alternative standardized measure.

World Criminal Justice Library Electronic Network (WCJLN) - contains gray literature publications on all aspects of crime and criminal justice that are available online or in the Don M. Gottfredson Library of Criminal Justice.

 

United Kingdom

Office for National Statistics - Crime and justice - crime levels and trends based primarily on the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime data.

Met Police - Stats and Data - annual crime summaries and data dashboards for stop & search, taser use, etc.

Stats Wales - Community Safety - data relate to incidence of crime and fires, plus operational data relating to the police and fire and rescue services workforces.

Police Service of Northern Ireland - Official Statistics - data and analysis by theme.

Statista - Crime in the UK - access for students and staff of the University or subscribers.

Police UK - Performance - crime rates, quality of service and victim satisfaction across all 43 police forces in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the British Transport Police.

Justice Data - Gov.uk - data on services provided by the Ministry of Justice.

Crime, Justice, and Law - Research and Statistics - research, data, and analysis by and for the Ministry of Justice.

 

Scotland

Law and Order - not all content for this topic is available at this location. If you can't find what you're looking for go to Law, Order and Public Safety on www2.gov.scot

  • Archived statistics on this topic can be found on the Crime and Justice page on webarchive.org.uk

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) is a repeat cross-sectional survey measuring the incidence and prevelance of victimisation among the Scottish population. Data from the surveys can be downloaded directly from the UK Data Archive's website.

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 - identifies the most deprived areas across Scotland. It is based on 38 indicators across the 7 domains of income, employment, housing, health, education, skilss and training, geographic access, and crime. See Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation for previous reports.

Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics - provides figures on Scotland's local areas for local authorities, electoral wards, and postcodes. It provides information on health, education, poverty, unemployment, housing, population, crime and social / community issues.

Police Scotland - How are we performing? - reports and data from 2015 onwards.

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) - publications and reports produced by HMICS.

Scottish Police Authority - independent body monitoring policing and police services in Scotland.

 

United States

Bureau of Justice Statistics which includes Crime and Justice Electronic Data by Topic

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) - hosts several large scale datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN).

 

Europe

EUROSTAT - provides high quality European statistics to policy makers, researchers, businesses, and the public at large.

Statistics Explained - presents statistical topics in an easily understandable way while highlighting key data and sources.

Eurobarometer - Justice and Home Affairs - Eurobarometer is the polling instrument used by the European Commission, the European Parliament and other EU institutions and agencies to monitor regularly the state of public opinion in Europe.

Court of Justice European Union - Statistics concerning the judicial activity of the Court of Justice.

European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics - produced by the independent European Sourcebook Group it shows statistical data and information on the statistical rules and the definitions behind these figures.

Commonwealth

Statistics Canada - Crime and Justice - Information on crime, public safety, correctional services, etc.

Australian Institute of Criminology - includes statistics and publications

Australian Bureau of Statistics - Crime and Justice


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