Notice2025-19285
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Title National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
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Published
October 2, 2025
Issuing agencies
Justice Department
Abstract
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Department of Justice (DOJ), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 189 (Thursday, October 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47834-47835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19285]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0111]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Title
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Department of Justice
(DOJ), will be submitting the following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until
November 3, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact:
Rachel Morgan, Chief, Victimization Statistics Unit, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 999 N Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20531 (email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cd8f879e9d9f8ce38ea2a0a0a8a3b9be8da2a7bde3b8bea9a2a7e3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fdbfb7aeadafbcd3be9290909893898ebd92978dd3888e999297d39a928b">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: 202-307-0765).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2025, allowing
a 60-day comment period. BJS received two public comments under the 60-
day notice.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following
four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the information collection or
the OMB Control Number [1121-0111]. This information collection request
may be viewed at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view
Department of Justice, information collections currently under review
by OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
collection.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: National Crime Victimization
Survey.
3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: The form numbers for
the questionnaire are the NCVS-1 and NCVS-2. The applicable component
within the Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics,
in the Office of Justice Programs.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: Persons 12 years or older
living in sampled households located throughout the United States.
Abstract: The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) provides
national data on the level and change of criminal victimization both
reported and not reported to police in the United States. The NCVS
instrument measures victimization and incident characteristics and
includes two periodic modules on police performance and community
safety. The 2026 NCVS includes a sample redesign which updates the
first stage of the NCVS sample selection to reflect changes in the U.S.
population based on the 2020 decennial census.
5. Obligation to Respond: The obligation to respond is voluntary.
6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: The estimated annual
number of NCVS respondents is 157,439.
7. Estimated Time per Respondent: To complete the NCVS instrument,
the time per response is 34.4 minutes. It will take the average non-
interview respondent (e.g., nonrespondent) an estimated 9.3 minutes to
respond; the average follow-up interview is estimated at 7 minutes; and
the average follow-up for a non-interview is estimated at 1 minute.
8. Frequency: Annual.
9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: The total annual burden
hours for this collection is 123,202 hours.
10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
Total Burden Hours
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Time per
Activity Number of Frequency Total annual response Total annual
respondents responses (mins) burden (hours)
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Interviewed..................... 91,312 2 182,624 34.4 104,698
Noninterviewed.................. 56,772 2 113,544 9.3 17,599
Reinterview (Interviews)........ 7,484 1 7,484 7.0 873
Reinterview (Non-interviews).... 1,871 1 1,871 1.0 31
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Unduplicated Totals......... 157,439 .............. 305,523 .............. 123,202
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If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Justice
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: September 30, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-19285 Filed 10-1-25; 8:45 am]
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