Related Guides
United States: Victims of Crime
- National Crime Victimization Survey (BJS) Each year, data are obtained from a nationally representative sample of about 240,000 persons in about 150,000 households. The NCVS collects information on nonfatal personal crimes (i.e., rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated and simple assault, and personal larceny) and household property crimes (i.e., burglary/trespassing, motor vehicle theft, and other types of theft) both reported and not reported to the police.
- NCVS Dashboard (BJS) This dynamic analysis tool allows you to examine National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data on both personal and property victimization, by select victim, household, and incident characteristics. The NCVS is the nation’s primary source of information on criminal victimization. It is an annual data collection sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The NCVS collects information from a nationally representative sample of U.S. households on nonfatal crimes, reported and not reported to the police, against persons age 12 or older.
- NACJD: Victims of Crime (ICPSR) The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis. The archive contains data from over 2,700 curated studies or statistical data series. NACJD is home to several large-scale and well known datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the Project on Human Development in Chicago
United States: Adult and Elder Abuse
- Research Statistics and Data (National Center on Elder Abuse) The statistics and data below provide information about the growing older adult population, definitions of abuse, the incidence and prevalence of mistreatment, and risk and protective factors for mistreatment, among other key topic areas. The research-based findings are sourced to peer-reviewed publications, articles, and relevant government agency data. Please note that the information referenced is based upon a variety of studies, each reflecting the author’s respective orientation, the type of research conducted, methods employed, measures evaluated, study-specific operational definitions, and contextually related data sets.
- National Data Archive, National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (HHS) In 2013, the Elder Justice Coordinating Council recommended the “development of a national Adult Protective Services (APS) system based on standardized data collection and a core set of service provision standards and best practices.” To meet this recommendation, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) created the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS).NAMRS data is available is two data sets.
- Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act Data Overview (Department of Justice) Several federal agencies currently collect elder abuse data (including physical abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation) on an ongoing basis at different points in the process. This page provides snapshots of elder abuse through the lens of four distinct federal data sets:
United States: Violence Against Women
- NACJD Violence Against Women Resource Guide This Violence Against Women (VAW) Resource Guide was designed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) staff to provide easy access to data collections on the topic of violence against women, such as Quick Links to certain types of VAW studies and links to studies available for online data analysis. This resource guide also provides useful information for the secondary analysis of these data collections, such as customized help pages for complex data collections, information about how to obtain restricted access data, and links to funding opportunities and publications.
- NACJD: Violence Against Women (ICPSR) The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis. The archive contains data from over 2,700 curated studies or statistical data series. NACJD is home to several large-scale and well known datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the Project on Human Development in Chicago
- Female Murder Victims and Victim-Offender Relationship, 2021 (BJS) The percentage of females murdered by an intimate partner was 5 times higher than for males
- Data.gov: Violence Against Women Datasets on "violence against women."
- National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (CDC) NISVS is an ongoing, population-based survey that collects the most current and comprehensive national- and state-level data on intimate partner violence, sexual violence and stalking victimization in the United States.
- U.S. Rape Clearance Data (2014-2016) (ProPublica) This data was collected as part of an investigation by Newsy, Reveal, and ProPublica into how police process rape cases. Newsy requested internal case management data for all Part I crimes (as defined by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program) from every major law enforcement agency in the United States serving a population of at least 300,000 people. The data provided in this download (analysis.csv) includes annual counts of total rape cases and number of clearances by type (arrest, unfounded, and exceptional) for each jurisdiction, as well as the columns in the data provided by the agencies that were used to distinguish rape cases from other crimes, to divide the data by reporting year and to tally case dispositions as either unfounded, cleared by arrest or cleared by exceptional means.
- Data Sets on & Related to Violence Against Women (VAWnet) This list was developed by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) in collaboration with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) to serve as a resource for advocates and others concerned about safety and justice for women and their children. VAWnet provides these resources as a source of information that you can evaluate on your terms and for your own needs, and inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement by the NRCDV or NSVRC.
United States: Journalists
- U.S. Press Freedom Tracker A database of press freedom incidents in the United States — everything from arrests of journalists and the seizure of their equipment to assaults and interrogations at the U.S. border. The Press Freedom Tracker documents incidents across the country, involving national, state and local authorities.
- U.S. Press Freedom Tracker Data Export and API U.S. Press Freedom Tracker provides export/API functionality that can be used to download a complete CSV or JSON file of data on the website or as a live API for programmatic access to up-to-date data. The endpoint is located at https://pressfreedomtracker.us/api/edge/.
- Attacks on Journalists During BLM Protests 140+ “reports of arrests, violence, and intimidation against journalists” at the protests.
International: Victims of Crime
- International Crime Victims Survey (University of Lausanne) The International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS) was initiated in 1987 by a group of European criminologists with expertise in national crime surveys (Van Dijk, Mayhew, Killias, 1990). The survey was set up to produce estimates of victimisation that can be used for international comparison. The survey has evolved into the world’s premier program of standardised surveys looking at householders’ experience of common crime in different countries. There have so far been five main rounds of the ICVS. After the first round in 1989 the surveys were repeated in 1992, 1996, and 2000 and 2004/2005.
- International Crime Victims Survey (UNICRI) The main database for the ICVS can be downloaded from this section of the internet site. This part is meant for skilled professionals who are familiar with research methodology and statistics.Data files and codebooks.
- International Crime Victims Survey (OpenICPSR) 5 rounds of surveys in the period 1989-2005
- International Crime Victimization Series (NACJD) The International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS) series was developed by the ICVS international working group. Overall funding was provided by the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands. The project was set up to fill the gap in adequate recording of offenses by the police for purposes of comparing crime rates in different nations and to provide a crime index independent of police statistics as an alternative standardized measure. The ICVS is the most far-reaching program of standardized sample surveys to look at a householders' experience with crime, policing, crime prevention, and feelings of insecurity in a large number of nations.
- Data and Metadata from Crime Victimization Surveys (2004-2014) (UNODC) Police reporting response rates for robbery, car theft, burglary, sexual assault, bribery, and general metadata.
- Yemen Civilian Impact Incidents and Civilian Casualties (Civilian Impact Monitoring Project () The Civilian Impact Monitoring Project (CIMP) is a monitoring mechanism for real-time collection, analysis and dissemination of open source data on the civilian impact from armed violence in Yemen. he dataset contains the total number of incidents of armed violence reported to have impacted upon civilians each month since December 2017, and the total number of civilian casualties reported each month and per hub.
- Anti-Civilian Violence (ACLED) All civilian targeting events, including remote violence, violence against unarmed protesters, and violence perpetrated by mobs and rioters are included in the data file below (i.e. in addition to violence against civilians events, this file captures explosions/remote violence events, protest events, and riot events in which civilians were targeted).
- New Zealand Crime & Victims Survey (NZCVS) The New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey collects information about New Zealanders’ experience of crime. This new survey will run every year from 2018 asking 8,000 New Zealanders from all walks of life about their experiences.
- Family Violence Statistics (New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse) This page provides links to sources of family and sexual violence statistics.
- Crime Survey for England and Wales (UK Data Service) The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult, in a random sample of households, about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked covering demographics and crime-related subjects such as attitudes to the police and the criminal justice system (CJS) these variables are contained within the non-victim form (NVF) data file. In 2009, the survey was extended to children aged 10-15 years old.
- The German Victimization Survey - Cumulation 2012-2017 (GESIS) The German Victimization Survey is a dark field survey conducted on behalf of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) with the aim of collecting comprehensive information on the topics of fear of crime, victim experiences and reporting behaviour in the Federal Republic of Germany
- General Social Survey - Victimization (Statistics Canada) Number and percentage of incidents of self-reported violent victimization that were reported to police in the past 12 months by sex of victim,
International: Violence Against Women
- WHO Global Database on Prevalence of Violence against Women A comprehensive database on the prevalence of the two most common forms of violence against women globally: Intimate partner violence and sexual violence by someone other than a partner, referred to as non-partner sexual violence. This interactive data visualization platform presents the first global, regional and country/area estimates on intimate partner violence and global and regional estimates on non-partner sexual violence in the United Nations Sustainable Goals era (2015-2030).
- Global Database on Violence Against Women (UN) In December 2006, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a comprehensive resolution calling for intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and requesting the Secretary-General to establish a coordinated database on the extent, nature and consequences of all forms of violence against women, and on the impact and effectiveness of policies and programmes for eliminating such violence. The database was developed and launched in 2009, and was called the
- Violence Against Women (OECD Data) The violence against women indicator presents you with data on: Attitudes toward violence: The percentage of women who agree that a husband/partner is justified in beating his wife/partner under certain circumstances Prevalence of violence in the lifetime: The percentage of women who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life. Laws on domestic violence: Whether the legal framework offers women legal protection from domestic violence Laws
- Gender Data Portal: Violence (World Bank) Gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of major obstacles to women's increased agency and is a key domain of gender inequality. To see a shift in GBV patterns, boys and men must also be engaged to reduce the prevalence of such violence.
- Political Violence Targeting Women & Demonstrations Featuring Women (ACLED) All violence targeting women, as well as demonstrations featuring women, are included in the data file below. The data in this file cover all events in which women were specifically targeted by political violence, not all events involving women in any way; the file also covers all demonstration events in which women were specifically featured, not all demonstrations involving women.
International: Violence Against Aid Workers & Health Workers
- Aid Worker Security Database The AWSD is a global compilation of reports on major security incidents involving deliberate acts of violence affecting aid workers. For a detailed description of the AWSD methodology and coding categories, see our Codebook.
- Aid Worker Kidnapped, Killed or Arrested (KKA) This dataset contains agency- and publicly-reported data for events in which an aid worker was killed, kidnapped, or arrested. Categorized by country.
- Disorder Involving Health Workers (ACLED) This file contains all data on political violence targeting health workers and demonstrations involving health workers.
International: Journalists and Media Workers
- Attacks on the Press (Committee to Protect Journalists) Attacks on the press since 1992.
- Journalists killed since 1992 (Committee to Protect Journalists) CPJ has detailed records on journalist fatalities since 1992. CPJ researchers independently investigate and verify the circumstances behind each death. CPJ considers a case “confirmed” as work-related only when it appears certain that a journalist was murdered in direct reprisal for his or her work; in combat or crossfire; or while carrying out a dangerous assignment.
- Journalists Imprisoned (Committee to Protect Journalists) CPJ's annual census is a snapshot of those imprisoned at midnight on December 1 each year. It does not include those jailed and released throughout the year.
- Journalists Missing (Committee to Protect Journalists) Journalists missing, by year from 1992. Limit by Origin (LocalForeign), Gender (Female/Male/Nonbinary), Staff or Freelance, Job, Coverage, Medium, Location, and Year.
- Disorder Involving the Media (ACLED) This file contains all data on political violence and demonstrations involving journalists and media workers.
- UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists Promoting the safety of journalists and combatting impunity for those who attack them are central elements within UNESCO's support for press freedom on all media platforms. On average, every five days a journalist is killed for bringing information to the public. Attacks on media professionals are often perpetrated in non-conflict situations by organised crime groups, militia, security personnel, and even local police, making local journalists among the most vulnerable. These attacks include murder, abductions, harassment, intimidation, illegal arrest, and arbitrary detention. Browse by country.
