PlainCrime U.S. City Crime Dataset (FBI UCR)

This July 2026 reference documents 8,986 city rows for FBI UCR reporting year 2024. It gives researchers and reporters a stable source, field, vintage, and limitation record before they reuse the exports.

PlainCrime publishes the latest FBI UCR city offense counts as a free CSV and JSON download with column definitions and citation formats. Population denominators are included so per-100,000 rates can be derived; the files do not invent safety rankings or personal-risk scores.

City rows
8,986
UCR reporting year
2024
Portal data vintage
July 2026

Machine-readable files

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CSV is one row per city for the latest reporting year. JSON wraps the same rows with source, license, and limitation metadata. Both are generated live from the same database query that powers this page.

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What the files contain

  • Identity: city_name, state_abbr, year.
  • Denominator: population as reported with the UCR city row.
  • Violent offenses: violent_crime, murder, rape, robbery, aggravated_assault.
  • Property offenses: property_crime, burglary, larceny, motor_vehicle_theft, arson.
  • Coverage: every city_crime row for the max year in the portal DB, including zero/null offense counts that ranking pages omit for UX.

Limitations

  • Agency participation in UCR is voluntary; a missing city is a reporting gap, not proof of zero crime.
  • Counts are not adjusted for unreported crime, clearance rates, or local classification differences.
  • Derive per-100,000 rates only when population is present and greater than zero: (count / population) × 100,000.
  • These files describe reported offense totals. They are not personal-safety advice, relocation guidance, or law-enforcement recommendations.

Data preview

First eight rows in state/city order (full file has 8,986 rows).

First eight rows of the PlainCrime FBI UCR city crime dataset
City State Population Violent Property
Anchorage AK 286,958 2,912 7,937
Bethel AK 6,280 104 141
Bristol Bay Borough AK 856 7 5
Cordova AK 2,171 5 0
Craig AK 1,042 3 2
Dillingham AK 2,088 7 0
Fairbanks AK 31,676 221 1,097
Homer AK 6,212 13 78

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