Get arrest data from the UCR's Arrests by Age, Sex, and Race data set.

Source: R/ucr_arrest.R

Get arrest data from the UCR's Arrests by Age, Sex, and Race data set.

get_arrest_count(
  ori = NULL,
  state_abb = NULL,
  region = NULL,
  monthly = FALSE,
  key = get_api_key()
)

Arguments

ori

A string or vector of strings of the 9-character ORI code (unique agency ID) for the desired agency.
state_abb

String or vector of strings input for state abbreviation(s) to get data for. If NULL (default) returns national data. If `state_abb` and `region` both have values, will use return `region` input data.
region

String or vector of strings input for region name(s) to get data for. Please run `list_regions()` to see all possible variables.
monthly

If TRUE (not default), returns data as monthly units. Otherwise returns annual data.
key

A string containing your FBI's Crime Data Explorer API key

Value

A data.frame with the number of arrests for each crime-year in the jurisdiction.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
get_arrest_count(ori = "CA0010900")
get_arrest_count()
}