Violent Victimization with a Firearm, 2024

The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring crime, criminal victimization, criminal offenders, victims of crime, correlates of crime, and the operation of criminal and civil justice systems at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels. BJS collects, analyzes, and disseminates reliable statistics on crime and justice systems in the United States, supports improvements to state and local criminal justice information systems, and participates with national and international organizations to develop and recommend national standards for justice statistics.

This report was written by Kimberly Martin, PhD, BJS Statistician, and James T. Hubbell, PhD, former BJS Statistician. Kimberly Martin, PhD, and Erica Smith verified the report.

Michael W. Hopps edited the report. Vesela Kostadinova produced the report.

September 2026, NCJ 311738