Criminal Justice Statistics: U.S.: Criminal Justice: Sample Statistics

Data on Arrests and Crimes Reported from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program are available in Data Planet. The UCR is a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort of more than 17,000 city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes brought to their attention. The UCR Program counts one arrest for each separate instance in which a person is arrested, cited, or summoned for an offense. Because a person may be arrested multiple times during the year, the UCR arrest figures do not reflect the number of individuals who have been arrested. Rather, the arrest data show the number of times that persons are arrested, as reported by law enforcement agencies to the UCR Program. The UCR system defines a "juvenile" as anyone under 18 years of age, regardless of state definitions.

The UCR Program also collects Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for violent and property crime types (Part I offenses). Each month, participating law enforcement agencies submit information on the number of Part I offenses known to them (crimes reported). Violent crime is composed of four offenses:

1. murder and non-negligent manslaughter,
2. rape,
3. robbery, and
4. aggravated assault.

Violent crimes are defined in the UCR Program as those offenses which involve force or threat of force. Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson, in which there is no force or threat of force against the victims.

Click on the links below to view sample charts, rankings, and maps relevant to criminal justice that were created in Data Planet. Within the tool, you can further manipulate the data and explore relationships between these indicators and other indicators in the vast Data Planet repository. Scroll below the chart to review the metadata describing the indicator. You'll also find a suggested citation and a link to update the chart with any new data that may have become available.

Rankings

• Ranking of the top 10 states in terms of the number of arrests for all offenses in all age groups in 2016. Note that the chart also shows arrests per 100,000 population. This link lands on a DataSheet—if you scroll to the bottom of the page, you'll find an option to update with latest data.
• Ranking of the top five counties in Pennsylvania in terms of the number of arrests for robberies and burglaries in 2019. This links lands in Data Planet, where you can explore the data further.
• Ranking of top five states with respect to the number of crimes reported in 2019.
• Ranking of the top 10 categories of crimes reported in the United States in 2019.

Trends

• The trend in the number of arrests per 100,000 people for forcible rape in the United States.
• A trend comparing the number of arrests for drug abuse violations among those under 18 years of age.
• Compares the trend in number of officers killed by felonious vs. accidental or negligent acts in Missouri.
• Compares the trend in crimes reported vs. crimes resulting an arrest in Florida.

Maps

• A mapping of Texas counties by number of crimes cleared by arrest of a juvenile in 2019.
• Arrests per 100,000 people in each state for vandalism by 15-year-olds in 2019.
• A map of counties in California by number of robberies (using knives) that were deemed unfounded offenses in 2019.
• Maps the crime rate in counties in the DMV area (spans the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) for attempted burglary in 2019.

Click on the links below to view sample charts, rankings, and maps from the Bureau of Justice Statistics datasets that were created in Data Planet. Within the tool, you can further manipulate the data and explore relationships between these indicators and other indicators in the vast Data Planet repository. Scroll below the chart to review the metadata describing the indicator. You'll also find a suggested citation and a link to update the chart with any new data that may have become available.

Rankings

• Ranks the top 10 states with the most inmates on death row.
• Ranks the Circuit Courts based on number of cases dismissed as frivolous.
• Ranks courts by number of civil cases terminated by judgment for costs and attorney fees vs. costs only.
• Ranks Circuit Courts based on number of criminal court cases with sentences of life prison.

Trends

• Compares the number of inmates on death row that were sentenced to death in California vs. Texas.
• Shows the trend in numbers of white vs. Black executed inmates.
• Shows the trend in numbers of executions by lethal injection vs. electrocution.
• Compares the number of judgments affirmed by appellate court in civil cases, based on appeal type.

Maps

• Shows a mapping of states by number of death row inmates sentenced to death.
• Presents a map of total inmates on death row in 2005 across all states.
• Maps the number of male prisoners in each state who are sentenced to more than a year in 2018.
• A mapping of states by number of female prisoners who died in 2018.