U.S. Customs and Border Protection
GovernmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was established in 2003 by combining the U.S. Customs Service, Border Patrol, and other agencies under the Department of Homeland Security. It operates across land borders, airports, seaports, and mail facilities. The agency publishes data on drug seizures by substance type and location, encounters with people crossing borders, and operational statistics broken down by sector and region. This data comes from multiple CBP components including the Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations, sometimes hosted on different government portals.
Pinned datasets
CBP Nationwide Drug Seizures
Every drug seizure at the U.S. border gets logged by CBP. This data shows how much of each drug type was caught, where it was caught, and when. You can see monthly trends for fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, meth, marijuana, and other drugs going back to 2019. It breaks down by region and which part of CBP made the seizure, so you can compare what's happening at different borders and ports of entry.
CBP Border Encounters (USBP)
When someone crosses the U.S. border, Border Patrol logs it. This data is the official tally of those encounters, month by month. You can see how many people were encountered, where it happened (which border sector), what country they came from, and what happened next (arrested, expelled, processed under different laws). It goes back to 2000 and updates monthly, so you can track whether encounters are going up or down, where, and which groups are affected.