NYC Ticket Odds
Built on 27.1M+ NYC hearing records from NYC Open DataData from NYC Open Data · Updated 9/8/2026

Is your NYC ticket worth fighting?

Check the real dismissal rate for your violation — computed from 27 million public NYC hearing outcomes, not guesswork.

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Every number on this site comes from 27.1M+ real historical hearing records. User-reported hearing results are accumulating and will appear here — we never fabricate testimonials.

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27,189,413
hearings analyzed
87
violation types
5
boroughs covered
11
languages

How it works

Three steps, no guesswork

1

Look up your ticket

Enter your ticket number or plate. We pull your ticket straight from the city’s public database.

2

See your real odds

We show how often tickets like yours were dismissed or reduced at actual NYC hearings. Browse all dismissal rates →

3

Dispute it yourself, free

Disputing on the official NYC site is free. We link you there and explain the process — and can help you draft your statement, free for a limited time.

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The data

Dismissal rates for NYC’s most common tickets

Share of decided hearings that ended “not guilty” (ticket dismissed). Sorted by number of hearings.

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≥35% often dismissed20–35% sometimes dismissed<20% rarely dismissed

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Data refreshed from NYC Open Data. Last update: 9/8/2026.