Publicly Available Gun Violence Data
On this page you can find a collection of data sets that relate to gun violence. These are intended to be used by researchers and community members to further our collective understand of gun violence.
Charlottesville and Albemarle Data
A collection of publicly available data related to gun violence in Charlottesville, Albemarle, and Virginia. For any questions about this information please contact Sam Toet (sct2td@virginia.edu).
Gun Violence Archive
An online archive of gun violence incidents collected from over 7,500 law enforcement, media, government and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real time data about the results of gun violence.
The Trace's Gun Violence Data Hub
A collection of gun violence data sets by a newsroom focused on America’s gun violence crisis.
CDC's Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
A collection of public health data on victim information. We suggest starting with the “Underlying Cause of Death by Single-Race Categories” and “Underlying Cause of Death by Bridged-Race Categories”.
CDC's National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)
A collection of public health data on victim information. We suggest starting with the “Underlying Cause of Death by Single-Race Categories” and “Underlying Cause of Death by Bridged-Race Categories”.
National Incident-Based Reporting System
Information on police incident information, that can be narrowed to firearm-related incidents. This link points to Virginia information. If you want information for other states please reach out.
Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
The AFT provides information about firearm dealer licenses.
Virginia Department of Health
(VDH): The VDH provides information on ED visits, deaths, and firearm injuries across the Commonwealth.
COVID Firearm Injury Data
A pair of researcher-ready data sets from the Gun Violence Archive and major city shooting victims from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, collected by the Boston University RISE Lab.
Questions or Suggestions
Bobby Doyle
Director of Gun Violence Solution Project