FBI Crime Data API

This is a wrapper around the FBI Crime Data API, the first of its kind as of March 2026.

Example

After signing up for an API key in https://api.data.gov/signup/,

pip install fbi-data-api

from fbi_api import FBI

# If no api_key is passed, your environment variable FBI_API_KEY is automatically invoked.
api = FBI(api_key = your_api_key)

metadata = api.get_metadata(state_abbr = "all") 

agency_metrics = api.get_agency_metrics(ori = "NY0303000", year = 2024)

crime_statistics = api.get_crime_statistics(ori = "NY0303000", year = 2024, offense = "Violent Crimes")

To see fbi-data-api in action, go to the repo's examples directory:

https://github.com/teddythepooh/fbi_api/tree/main/examples