This guide includes information about where to find data sets that are free to use. It includes information about open data principles and practice as well.
Provides drug indicator data, including use and health consequences, production, and trafficking. It also provides such criminal justice statistics as crime, homicide, and special reports.
BJS stores their datasets in the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) website. This page will redirect you there, but allows you to link directly to BJS data by topic.
NACJD hosts several large-scale datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN).
Data.Gov
Start here! You can use Data.Gov as a portal to about 240,000 datasets.
Data.gov is the United States government’s open data website. It provides access to datasets published by agencies across the federal government. Data.gov is intended to provide access to government open data to the public, achieve agency missions, drive innovation, fuel economic activity, and uphold the ideals of an open and transparent government.
Examples of Interesting Datasets
Just getting started working with data? Take a look at these datasets - their file types and format.
For each sale record, the file includes: town, property address, date of sale, property type (residential, apartment, commercial, industrial or vacant land), sales price, and property assessment.
Health and Science Databases
Here are just a few of the resources available to get you started:
The NOAA Repository is a digital library of scientific literature and research produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Through curated collections researchers can access documents and materials related to specific areas of research. Additionally, full text and other search options make the entirety of the repository accessible to users. This repository is retained indefinitely available to researchers, academics and the general public.
This site is dedicated to making high value health data more accessible to entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers in the hopes of better health outcomes for all.
Population statistics for towns, cities, and counties. Tables, maps, and visualizations available to help you better understand and work with the data.
