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FBI Wanted

FBI Most Wanted list as structured JSON

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The FBI's public Wanted API returns current cases — fugitives, missing persons and seeking-information notices — with photos, descriptions, subjects and field offices. No key; paginate with page/pageSize. Official US government open data.

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Uptime history
94.1%90 days
98.3%30 days
378P50 · ms
2582P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 181 ms, slowest 1503 ms, most recent 266 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.fbi.gov/wanted/v1/list

{
  "total": 1199,
  "items": [
    {
      "files": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/patrick-carlow-sr/download.pdf",
          "name": "English"
        }
      ],
      "age_range": null,
      "uid": "cdb8134918884264bee2a5c1296c3750",
      "weight": null,
      "occupations": null,
      "field_offices": [
        "minneapolis"
      ],
      "locations": null,
      "reward_text": "The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the death of Patrick Carlow, Sr."
    },
    {
      "files": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/additional/alberto-perez-elias/download.pdf",
          "name": "English"
        }
      ],
      "age_range": null,
      "uid": "3992cf07e26848bab7fd7b6bb58f60a2",
      "weight": "150 pounds",
      "occupations": null,
      "field_offices": [
        "tampa"
      ],
      "locations": null,
      "reward_text": null
    }
  ],
  "page": 1
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.fbi.gov/wanted/v1/list"
const res = await fetch("https://api.fbi.gov/wanted/v1/list");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.fbi.gov/wanted/v1/list")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /wanted/v1/list378 mschecked 3h ago
GET/wanted/v1/listPROBED

FBI Most Wanted list as structured JSON

GET/random

Random item from the collection.

GET/wanted

Wanted — documented GET route.

GET/wanted/1

Wanted details by ID (example: 1).

GET/wanted?limit=10

Wanted — documented GET route.

GET/wanted/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

FBI Wanted: common questions

Is FBI Wanted free to use?

Yes — FBI Wanted is a free government API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does FBI Wanted need an API key?

No — FBI Wanted needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Retry-After: 47245s).

Can I call FBI Wanted from the browser?

Yes — FBI Wanted returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is FBI Wanted up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, FBI Wanted is healthy with 94.1% uptime over 90 days and a 378 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.