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New UCR Project

New UCR Project

The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division has chartered the FBI’s New Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Project to manage the acquisition, development, and integration of a new and improved data collection system. This project is a top priority for the CJIS Division and the FBI UCR Program. The stated goal for this project is to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the crime data collection and delivery process. The national UCR Program plans to have the New UCR System fully operational in 2017. The New UCR Project will:

  • Provide enhanced data management tools for greater efficiency in data collection, processing and maintenance of crime data.
  • Provide automated processes.
  • Provide tailored reports on an as-needed basis.
  • Provide a streamlined publication process that will give users quicker access to the data.

In conjunction with the new UCR development, the National UCR Program staff is working to develop the Crime Data Explorer (CDE), which will provide a more efficient way of disseminating data to the user community. The CDE will be a web-based platform solution to query, view, and make crime data available for download. This new technology will perpetually change the UCR data contributions through the program’s ability to provide a more accurate and timely crime collection to the American public. The CDE will allow users to interact with the national crime data in a more intuitive and easy manner.

New UCR Project Status–September 2016

The New UCR System has moved from a development status to Initial Operating Capability. Currently, the new system is ingesting data for seven pilot states with a goal to have all submitting states and agencies operational in the new system by January, 2017. The new system will run in parallel with the existing mainframe until achieving Final Operational Capability in calendar year 2017.

The Crime Statistics Management Unit has partnered with the General Services Administration’s 18F Team to develop the National UCR Program CDE. Delivery of Phase I for this program is scheduled for March 2017.