Research Guides: Criminology & Criminal Justice: Statistics

Statistics

There are many sources of statistics available. Here are a few:

Statista
Great starting place for statistics; downloadable into Excel or Powerpoint
American FactFinder
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Ceased publication in 2012, but still a good resource.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Industry Statistics Portal
CDC Faststats - A-Z
CDC Data & Statistics
County Health Rankings - California
FedStats
Google Public Data Explorer
National Institute of Mental Health - Statistics
National Institute for Mental Health - Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Search the Library Catalog by keyword: education and statistics

Criminal Justice Statistics

For crime and criminal justice related statistics.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Dept of Justice site, with stats on victims, offenders, courts, expenditures, corrections, deaths in custody, drugs and crime, parole, prisons, domestic violence, and much more.
Criminal Justice Statistics Center
From the California Attorney General's Office.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Lots of great data sets and CJ statistics from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), of which SSU is a member institution.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service - NCJRS
Look up the crime, e.g., "alcohol-related offenses," to find related statistics.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
The Sourcebook brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.
Uniform Crime Reports
From the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Public Data Explorer

Google's Public Data Explorer allows you to visualize public data with charts and graphs over time. Includes data from the US Census, EuroStat, World Development Indicators, World Resources Institute, US. Economic Analysis, Centers for Disease Control, California Education Statistics, and more.