As crime data again becomes a flashpoint in the presidential campaign, experts push for better national statistics.| The Marshall Project
Updated Aug. 21, 2023 In 2021, the FBI retired its nearly century-old Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data collection program and switched to a new system — National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) — that gathers more specific information on each incident. Local law enforcement participation in the FBI's national crime statistics dropped to about 60%. Since then, The Marshall Project has followed and investigated the FBI's crime data transition. We compiled participation data from 2...| Observable
In announcing his presidential bid, Florida’s governor relied on data from only half of the state’s law enforcement agencies.| The Marshall Project
The transition to a new data system creates huge gaps in national crime stats sure to be exploited by politicians in this election year.| The Marshall Project
Here are four reasons to worry about the missing national crime data.| The Marshall Project