How to Find Statistics

These statistics focus on what happens to the people who have been identified as being perpetrators of a crime. Some of the areas of focus include: Finding of guilt or innocence; Sentencing of those who either plead or were found to be guilty; Terms of punishment, Parole & probation; as well as overall census information about the various functions, staffing and budgeting of the country's 17,000 law enforcement agencies.

Crime statistics collected from every state & local law enforcement agency in the US. The primary focus is analysis of crimes that were reported to any law enforcement agency. The raw data was submitted by over 17,000 agencies, so there is a delay before the national aggregates are compiled by the FBI. Some of the core statistics include: Hate crime statistics; Age specific arrest rates; Race specific arrest rates; and Law enforcement officers killed or assaulted.

This collection of statistics resources only covers FEDERAL courtrooms, operations and case loads within the USA, from all 50 states and its territories.

Aggregates caseload data from state courts across the country in order to make “intelligent comparisons among state courts" in side by side manner among participating states. Sadly, not all states use uniform guidelines for collecting data on court cases. Some states do not support certain types of data, while other states may use their own criteria of what they include. Although 95% of all court cases in the USA are filed at the state level, this resource does not include data derived from Federal court cases. Also includes a standardized look at the structure & organization of local court system in all 50 states. This website is a joint project of the National Center for State Courts and the Conference of State Court Administrators.