Publisher: Federal Bureau of Investigations Publication Website:<a href = http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr>http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr</a> Coverage: 1930-2019 Title Varies: 1930-1997 as Uniform Crime Reports for the United States and Its Possessions ISSN: 1936-0622 Frequency: 1 Additional Info: The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet a need for reliable, uniform crime statistics for the nation. In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics. Today, several annual statistical publications, such as the comprehensive Crime in the United States, are produced from data provided by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States.