Which system collects data on every crime occurrence?

• A. UCR
• B. Crime Data Center
• C. NIBRS
• D. FBI Incident Reports

Answer: (C)

Incident-based data collection is what this question is about. The National Incident-Based Reporting System records information on each crime incident—every offense involved within a single event—and includes details about victims, offenders, property, location, and time. This granular approach means data are tied to individual occurrences, not just overall counts, which is why it’s the system that collects data on every crime occurrence.

By contrast, the traditional Uniform Crime Reporting program tends to compile counts of offenses in broad categories rather than detailing every incident or listing all offenses within an incident. The remaining option refers to documents or repositories rather than a nationwide incident-based framework, so they don’t match the idea of systematically capturing data for every single occurrence.