Does America have a Central Crime Database?

Like a database where we can keep track of all the crimes. This helps law enforcement, but I don't know if America has one for all it's states.

The main one is called the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) It is maintained by the FBI CJIC. Virtually every fingerprint taken in the US is sent to NCIC who classify it and index it with the person's Identification Record. It does not maintain a comprehensive criminal database, only an indication that a fingerprint was received from X police department in connection with a given arrest charge and whether a conviction or dismissal was later recorded. If more information is needed, one must contact that agency. Also, fingerprints of all military, government, and immigration applicants appear in the record. Identification records are only available to law enforcement and the individual whom it concerns. (see link)

There are other databases, such as the Drug Enforcement Agency's El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), Treasury Enforcement Center (TEC) maintains currency transaction reports, MIRAC contains the arrival and departure records from Customs & Immigration. etc.

CJIS- Criminal Justice Information System. All crime reported ti FBI goes on this database. It is not absolutely current because there are lags between arrest conviction reporting and data input.

NCIC and CJIS are up and running data bases for active wants and warrants.

What I think you want, is an active up to date data file base system, this would be the NIJ. National Institute of Justice. They keep records on all arrests by age, nationality, crime, state, county etc..I mean they keep records on any subject your little heart has a question about related to crime.

In addition to NCIC and CJIS there is also AFIS fingerprint information, which hooks to the Federal fingerprint files. There is also VICAP, which holds methods of operation of violent offenders. There is also a data base called DRUGFIRE, which has ballistic evidence of guns used in crimes. The individual federal agencies such as FBI, Secret Service DEA, etc.all have their own intelligence files, as does Home Security. The information may seem somewhat fragmented, but I don't think Americans want one master computer system.