National Data Catalog: U.S. Crime & Gun Violence Statistics

This data catalog was provided by the Expert Panel on Firearms Data Infrastructure. Visit the study home page at: NORC.org

For descriptions, firearms-related variables, limitations, currency and characteristics related to the databases below, scroll down to Appendix A on the First Report of the Expert Panel on Firearms Data Infrastructure.

I. National Crime Databases

• FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) | Summary Reporting System (SRS)

• FBI Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) | (Also)

• FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Program National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

• FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program

• FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program Law Enforcement Hate Crime Statistics

• BJS Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

• BJS National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP)

II. National Firearms Databases

• ATF Firearms Trace Data

• ATF Listing of Federal Firearms Licensees

• ATF Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report

• ATF Firearms Commerce Report in the United States

• Federal Firearms Licensee Statistics Theft/Loss Reports

• National Firearms Act (NFA) National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR)

III. National Public Health Databases

• CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) National Vital Statistics System

• CDC Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Report System (WISQARS)

• CDC WONDER (National Center for Health Statistics)

• CDC National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)

• K-12 School Shooting Database, FEMA, Homeland Security

• Firearm Injury Surveillance Study

• Health Care Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• State-Level Hospital Discharge and ED Databases (Varies by state, data can also be accessed via HCUP for participating states.)

• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
• (Access to public use data files)

• National Fatality Review Case Reporting System

IV. Population-Level Survey Data

• Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

• BJS Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS)

• CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

• NORC General Social Survey (GSS)

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS)

• Polling Report (Guns)

V. Federal Justice System Survey Data/Ancillary Justice Data Collections

• BJS Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI)

• BJS Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

• BJS National Judicial Report Program (NJRP)

• BJS NICS Act State Record Estimates

• BJS Survey of Law Enforcement Gang Units (SLEGU)

• BJS Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ)

• BJS Survey of Large Jails

• BJS Survey of State Procedures Related To Firearm Sales

• BJS National Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS)

VI. Nonprofit and Private Policy Data, Ancillary (Covariate) Data, Convenience Data, and Surveys

• Gun Violence Archive

• Giffords Law Center (GLC)

• Firearm Safety Among Children & Teens (FACTS) Consortium

• Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing

• Stanford Open Policing Project

• SciLaw Criminal Records Database

• EveryStat for Gun Safety

• The Trace Violent Crimes Data

VII. Integrated Data

• Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS)