Criminology Research Guide

Popular Data Sets, Statistics, and Tools for Social Sciences Research

See the subtabs on the Statistics tab for data & statistics sources by topic.

  • Data.Census.Gov - This interactive application provides statistics from the Economic Census, the American Community Survey, and the 2010 Census, among others.
  •  Statistical Abstracts - A comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. First published in 1878, discontinued after 2012.