The Annual Review of Criminology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Annual Reviews. It was established in 2018 and covers the field of criminology. Its founding co-editors were Joan Petersilia and Robert J. Sampson. , the co-editors are Tracey L. Meares and Sampson. As of 2023, Annual Review of Criminology is being published as open access, under the Subscribe to Open model. As of 2025, Journal Citation Reports gives the journal an impact factor of 6.2, ranking it first of 111 journal titles in the category Criminology & Penology.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index.