Durham Crime Data

This data represents incident reports written to capture incidents of crime that are reported to law enforcement, based on the FBI’s UCR Program Data Collections for the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). It is similar to the DPD Incidents (UCR NIBRS Reporting) dataset found on this site, except it is limited to only shooting events where a firearm was criminally discharged (not accidental or self-inflicted). In addition, only the first [hierarchical] offense is listed, which may not have been the offense linked to the shooting activity in some instances. Historical data is available back to 10/1/2018. Available fields include:Case Number – Unique numerical identifier of the incident, which can be joined to the calls for service and arrests datasets.Report Date – The date when the crime occurred, or when it was reported to police, if the date of occurrence is not known.Report Time – The time when the crime occurred, or when it was reported to police, if the time of occurrence is not known.Status – The status of the case at the time the dataset was last updated.Sequence – This will always be ‘1’ as the SRS hierarchical method is being used for this dataset.ATT/COM – Designation of whether the crime was attempted or committed.UCR Code – The FBI’s alphanumeric identifier for the type of crime being reported.Address – The block number and street or intersection of the incident.X – Mapping coordinate of the incident, projected as NC State Plane (feet).Y – Mapping coordinate of the incident, projected as NC State Plane (feet).District – The patrol district where the incident occurred.Beat – The patrol beat where the incident occurred, which is a sub-division of the district.Tract – The census tract where the incident occurred, based on 2010 census data.Premise – The type of location where the incident took place.Weapon – The primary weapon used in violent crimes.This dataset is updated annually. However, other resources for incident data are available and updated nightly, including the DPD Crime dataset on the City and County of Durham Open Data Portal and Community Crime Map web site by LexisNexis. Tools for interacting with census data can be found on TIGERweb.

In anticipation of the FBI transitioning to NIBRS by January 2021, the Raleigh Police Department was one of the first agencies in North Carolina to convert from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program Summary Reporting System (SRS) to the UCR - National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in June 2014.NIBRS now collects each offense, victim, offender, property, and arrestee information on 52 unique offenses and up to 10 offenses per incident. These new categories can be more defined and increasingly vary at the local level. As a result, these differences can make it difficult to compare statistics.For more information about NIBRS, go to FBI website: https://ucr.fbi.gov/nibrs-overviewUpdate Frequency: DailyTime Period: Previous Day