Aug 2, 2022 · Beginning in January, 2021, the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) became the national standard for law enforcement crime data reporting in the United States.
Since 1930, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has collected information about crimes known to and arrests made by law enforcement. The UCR Summary Reporting System (SRS) collected monthly counts of the number of crimes known to law enforcement from thousands of agencies throughout the United States.
The NIBRS Technical Specification, available on the FBI UCR Program’s web site, details procedures for preparing NIBRS data submissions. The NIBRS User Manual includes offense definitions,...
On January 1, 2021, Illinois transitioned from the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS) to the more robust National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). This data portal will serve as a tool to provide greater transparency with crime data being reported to the I-UCR Program.
NIBRS: Provides greater specificity in reporting offenses. Not only does NIBRS look at all of the offenses within an incident, but it also looks at many more offenses than the traditional SRS...
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is an incident-based reporting system used by law enforcement agencies in the United States for collecting and reporting data on crimes.
This document addresses National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) policies, the types of offenses reported via NIBRS, and guidelines for an agency to become certified to submit...
State statutes must be very specific in defining crimes so that persons facing prosecution will know the exact charges being placed against them. On the other hand, the definitions used in the...
The FBI’s UCR Program prepared this manual to assist LEAs in reporting their crime statistics via the Program’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The manual addresses NIBRS...