On this page, I have posted links to some of the crime data I have used in my research. First, here are a few graphs which show broad trends in several key U.S. crime rates since 1960 (source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports).
Violent Crimes per 100,000 residents |
Homicides per 100,000 residents |
Rapes per 100,000 residents |
Robberies per 100,000 residents |
Below are links to some recent crime data. In most cases, the entire series can either be downloaded from ICPSR at the University of Michigan or, in the case of the Uniform Crime Reports, can be obtained directly from the FBI. For quick searches, the FBI has a new online data analysis tool that allows you to generate data interactively.
General Crime Data:
Data on police officers:
Data on Capital Punishment
Justin Wolfers has posted an incredible amount of data used in many of the leading articles on the deterrence effect of capital punishment on his webpage
Other Data:
General Crime Data:
- Offenses Known to Police and Arrests: [2008 data]
- National Crime Victimization Survey: [2009 data]
- Supplementary Homicide Reports: [2009 data]
Data on police officers:
- Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assault (LEOKA): [2009 data]
- Annual Survey of Government (U.S. Census): [1960-2008 data]
Data on Capital Punishment
Justin Wolfers has posted an incredible amount of data used in many of the leading articles on the deterrence effect of capital punishment on his webpage
Other Data:
- City and county-level data on expenditures by government function: [1960-2008 data]
- County-level population estimates: [1970-2006 data]