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National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

LEARCAT Methodology

LEARCAT User Guide and Methodology

About LEARCAT

The Law Enforcement Agency Reported Crime Analysis Tool (LEARCAT) dashboard enables you to examine crime information reported by participating law enforcement agencies to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). As of January 1, 2021, the FBI transitioned to NIBRS as the nation’s official law enforcement crime reporting standard. NIBRS collects details on crime incidents including the number...

FY 2023 California Law Enforcement Transition to NIBRS—Rapid Deployment Model Project

Closing Date
Funding will enable the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) to support the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office (LASO) in their respective transitions to the FBI's National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS). These three agencies represent a significant gap in crime reporting, as together the agencies comprise just over a quarter of the state's...

FY 2023 National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Estimation Project (EP)

Closing Date
As of January 1, 2021, the FBI's National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) has become the law enforcement crime data reporting standard for the nation. BJS and the FBI have partnered together on the NCS X NIBRS Estimation Project (NNEP) to develop appropriate methods for generating national crime estimates based exclusively on NIBRS data. The goals of the NNEP are to develop and test: (1)...

FY 2023 Law Enforcement Transition to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to Improve Hate Crime Reporting

Closing Date
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As of January 1, 2021, the FBI's National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is the law enforcement crime data reporting standard for the nation. NIBRS collects detailed crime incident data from law enforcement agencies, including data on bias motivated incidents. The Jabara Heyer NO HATE Act NIBRS Transition Program authorizes BJS to provide funding to support law enforcement agencies to transition their crime reporting to...

Measuring Crime Reported to Law Enforcement using NIBRS Data Podcast

Listen as Erica Smith, Unit Chief overseeing the Law Enforcement Incident-Based Statistics Unit, BJS and Edward Abraham, Unit Chief, Crime and Law Enforcement Statistics Unit, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, FBI discuss the significant improvements the transition to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) offers in this Justice Today podcast.

Measuring Crime Reported to Law Enforcement using NIBRS Data