BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API
BJS National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) API
The Bureau of Justice Statistics' NCVS API serves National Crime Victimization Survey Select person- and household-level files (population and victimization) as JSON or CSV, with no key required. The page says: "The NCVS API can return data to users in multiple formats including JSON and CSV formats."
Required Attribution:
Not required; citation of the Department of Justice is appreciated, as appropriate.
Coverage
NCVS Select Personal Population, Personal Victimization, Household Population and Household Property Victimization datasets, annual, 1993 onward; the API includes statistics produced with the 2024 legacy-instrument data. Survey records with respondent demographics (age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, marital status, education, income).
Verdict
A keyless JSON/CSV API over BJS's NCVS Select person- and household-level survey files, 1993 onward. Licensed as US Government public domain information (same DOJ legal-policies statement as doj-news-api); the bjs.ojp.gov site links that policy in its footer. WARNING: "Note! By default the NCVS API returns a maximum of 1,000 records." Raise the $limit parameter for a complete query; numeric rate limits are Not stated. Signal Lab links only.
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