fbi.crime.state_offenses
Retrieve monthly state-level UCR crime statistics from the FBI Crime Data Explorer, including a side-by-side national comparison. Returns offense counts, rates per 100,000 people, and clearance counts for both the requested state and the national average. Supports all 50 US states and DC (use 2-l...
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What fbi.crime.state_offenses does on Apibase
AI agents call fbi.crime.state_offenses to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
state | string | Yes | Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. CA, TX, NY, FL). All 50 states + DC supported. |
to_month | string | — | End month in MM-YYYY format (e.g. 12-2022). Defaults to last full year. |
from_month | string | — | Start month in MM-YYYY format (e.g. 01-2019). Data available from 01-1979. |
offense_type | string | Yes | FBI UCR offense category. violent-crime (murder+rape+robbery+assault), property-crime (burglary+larceny+auto+arson), or individual offense type |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why fbi.crime.state_offenses is rated Low
Retrieves public FBI crime statistics without side effects or sensitive operations.
From the tool's definition Retrieve monthly state-level UCR crime statistics, returns offense counts, rates, clearance counts
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The rule that runs fbi.crime.state_offenses safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For fbi.crime.state_offenses, this is the rule to start with:
fbi.crime.state_offenses is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every fbi.crime.state_offenses call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about fbi.crime.state_offenses
Retrieve monthly state-level UCR crime statistics from the FBI Crime Data Explorer, including a side-by-side national comparison. Returns offense counts, rates per 100,000 people, and clearance counts for both the requested state and the national average. Supports all 50 US states and DC (use 2-letter abbreviation, e.g. CA, TX, NY). Same 10 offense types as the national endpoint. Ideal for comparing a state's crime rate against the national benchmark. Source: FBI UCR / CDE, US Gov public domain, no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
fbi.crime.state_offenses accepts 4 parameters: state, to_month, from_month, offense_type. Required: state, offense_type. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for fbi.crime.state_offenses: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
fbi.crime.state_offenses is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the fbi.crime.state_offenses rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for fbi.crime.state_offenses. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
fbi.crime.state_offenses is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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