NCVS Redesign Updates

• In Event: Updates in Criminal Victimization and Service Provider Data Collection Efforts

Abstract

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) initiated a multiyear effort to improve the efficiency, reliability, and utility of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The effort had three main goals: modernize the organization and content of the NCVS instrument, increase the quality of information collected and efficiency of the instrument flow, and improve the measurement and classification of crime. The new NCVS instrument was fully implemented in January 2025. This presentation provides a summary of the instrument redesign effort and updates on agency activities to introduce the new instrument into the field.

Authors

• Jennifer Truman, Bureau of Justice Statistics, USDOJ

• Rebecca Bielamowicz, Bureau of Justice Statistics, USDOJ

• Rachel E. Morgan, Bureau of Justice Statistics, USDOJ