Disclaimer

Last updated: April 2026

Informational use only

CrimeContext publishes data, scores, rankings, and analysis about U.S. city and county crime rates. Everything on crimecontext.com is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It is not professional advice and should not be relied on as the sole basis for any consequential decision.

Nothing on crimecontext.com constitutes financial, legal, medical, tax, investment, real-estate, insurance, or engineering advice. Always consult a qualified, licensed professional for decisions that affect your money, health, safety, legal status, or property.

Data source and accuracy

The underlying data displayed on crimecontext.com is derived from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Crime Data Explorer. We do our best to process that data faithfully, but we make no representations or warranties — express or implied — about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, or availability of any information, analysis, or related graphics.

Source records may contain errors, be incomplete, be reported late, or be restated by the issuing agency after publication. Where the source corrects a record, CrimeContext will follow on the next refresh — but there may be a lag. Always verify any figure against the original source before acting on it.

How we process this data: We ingest the FBI Crime Data Explorer agency-level NIBRS and Summary Reporting System files, normalize agency-reported counts against the population each agency serves, and compute per-100k rates for violent and property crime categories. Year-over-year change is shown against the agency’s own rolling baseline.

Refresh cadence: Refreshed with each semi-annual FBI CDE release; the full-year data typically arrives in the September release of the following year.

Known limitations of this source: Not every agency reports every year — the 2021 NIBRS transition left major gaps, and a zero in the data often means not reported rather than no crime. Counts exclude federal, tribal, and university agencies unless they voluntarily submit to UCR.

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