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NYC Parking & Camera Ticket Data Report
Everything on this page is computed directly from the public NYC Open Data dataset “Open Parking and Camera Violations” (~148 million rows): how many tickets New York City issues each year, what they cost, which violations get dismissed at hearings — and how much fine money likely goes uncontested. Every chart lists its source, coverage and sample size. Journalists and bloggers are welcome to reuse any number or chart with a link back to this page.
Source: NYC Open Data, Open Parking and Camera Violations (nc67-uf89). Coverage: tickets issued 2016–2025, hearing outcomes across all years on record. Last refreshed: 9/8/2026. Full methodology
Counts are per issue year from ticket-level records; fine totals sum the original fine_amount (before penalties, interest or reductions). Hearing outcomes count only statuses “HEARING HELD—GUILTY / GUILTY REDUCTION / NOT GUILTY”. Coverage 2016–2025; refreshed 9/8/2026.
Tickets issued per year
Download chart as PNGNew York City has issued 12–16 million parking and camera tickets per year in recent years by calendar issue year; the official DOF Local Law 6 report counts 16.5 million for fiscal year 2025 (July–June window, hence the differing totals). The table shows, for tickets issued each year, how many reached a decided hearing.
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| Year | Tickets | Fines issued | Decided hearings | Hearing share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7,932,392 | $496.8M | 1,898,080 | 23.9% |
| 2017 | 10,899,967 | $722.7M | 2,896,822 | 26.6% |
| 2018 | 11,224,799 | $767.5M | 3,130,774 | 27.9% |
| 2019 | 12,631,863 | $852.7M | 3,396,167 | 26.9% |
| 2020 | 12,920,085 | $826.7M | 2,449,133 | 19.0% |
| 2021 | 14,841,508 | $967.1M | 2,586,749 | 17.4% |
| 2022 | 16,361,049 | $1.05B | 2,499,261 | 15.3% |
| 2023 | 16,364,437 | $1.05B | 2,311,453 | 14.1% |
| 2024 | 16,272,544 | $1.06B | 2,294,971 | 14.1% |
| 2025 | 16,101,553 | $1.15B | 2,254,908 | 14.0% |
Source: NYC Open Data nc67-uf89, grouped by issue year. Coverage 2016–2025; the current partial year is excluded. A small number of rows with malformed dates are excluded. Refreshed 9/8/2026.
Tickets by borough
Download chart as PNGAll tickets on record, grouped by the county on the summons and merged into the five boroughs.
Source: NYC Open Data nc67-uf89 (150,357,892 tickets across all years on record). Tickets with unknown or out-of-city county codes are omitted from the chart.
Most-issued violation types
The ten violation types with the most tickets on record, with the total fines issued for each.
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| Violation | Tickets | Fines issued |
|---|---|---|
| Photo School Zone Speed Violation | 37,993,751 | $1.9B |
| No Parking — Street Cleaning | 16,702,560 | $978.2M |
| Fail To Display Muni Meter Receipt | 11,318,777 | $479.8M |
| Unknown | 9,626,184 | $348,063 |
| No Standing — Day/Time Limits | 9,019,617 | $1.04B |
| No Parking — Day/Time Limits | 6,687,208 | $415.4M |
| Failure To Stop At Red Light | 6,210,624 | $310.5M |
| Fire Hydrant | 6,049,773 | $695.3M |
| Inspection Sticker — Expired/Missing | 5,632,581 | $366.1M |
| Bus Lane Violation | 4,818,126 | $384.9M |
Source: NYC Open Data nc67-uf89, all years on record. Fine totals sum the original fine_amount per ticket.
20 violations most often dismissed at hearings
Download chart as PNGAmong people who disputed and got a decision, these violation types were dismissed (not guilty) most often. Historical group rates — not a prediction for any individual ticket.
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| # | Violation | Dismissed | Reduced | Decided hearings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Parking — Taxi Stand | 87.6% | 1.5% | 16,184 |
| 2 | No Parking — Except Authorized Vehicle | 84.4% | 2.6% | 43,050 |
| 3 | Other | 79.9% | 1.5% | 7,151 |
| 4 | Selling/Offering Merchandise — Meter | 77.2% | 1.8% | 8,285 |
| 5 | No Parking — Except Handicap Permit | 75.6% | 1.3% | 5,209 |
| 6 | Unauthorized Bus Layover | 71.9% | 2.7% | 19,347 |
| 7 | Pedestrian Ramp | 70.5% | 2.8% | 25,035 |
| 8 | Improper Registration | 68.8% | 5.7% | 16,846 |
| 9 | Overnight Tractor Trailer Parking | 68.0% | 1.4% | 6,898 |
| 10 | No Parking — Except Disability Permit | 67.1% | 0.9% | 7,553 |
| 11 | Detached Trailer | 64.8% | 12.1% | 29,210 |
| 12 | Missing Equipment | 59.8% | 5.2% | 5,858 |
| 13 | Parked Bus — Except Designated Area | 55.5% | 0.9% | 31,700 |
| 14 | No Standing (Except Trucks/Garment District No-Truck) | 53.6% | 22.5% | 9,484 |
| 15 | Obstructing Driveway | 53.3% | 1.3% | 100,628 |
| 16 | Pickup Discharge In Prohibited Zone | 51.5% | 0.3% | 10,250 |
| 17 | Expired Muni Meter | 51.1% | 12.2% | 740,281 |
| 18 | Misuse Parking Permit | 50.9% | 0.5% | 13,783 |
| 19 | No Standing — Except Truck Loading | 49.5% | 0.6% | 390,316 |
| 20 | Fail To Display Muni Meter Receipt | 47.2% | 26.3% | 3,455,445 |
Source: NYC Open Data nc67-uf89, decided hearings across all years on record. Only violation types with at least 5,000 decided hearings are ranked. Refreshed 9/8/2026.
20 violations least often dismissed at hearings
Download chart as PNGThese violation types were dismissed least often at decided hearings — many are camera or owner-liability violations where fewer defenses apply.
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| # | Violation | Dismissed | Reduced | Decided hearings |
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| 1 | MTA Camera Violation — Double Parking | 4.4% | 22.6% | 57,556 |
| 2 | Bike Lane | 9.2% | 57.3% | 398,676 |
| 3 | No Stopping — Day/Time Limits | 9.2% | 55.2% | 414,536 |
| 4 | Mobile Bus Lane Violation | 9.8% | 50.6% | 133,495 |
| 5 | MTA Camera Violation — Parking In A Bus Stop | 10.2% | 36.1% | 80,878 |
| 6 | Photo School Zone Speed Violation | 10.2% | 22.1% | 944,685 |
| 7 | No Standing — Off-Street Lot | 10.2% | 23.8% | 37,691 |
| 8 | No Standing — For-Hire Vehicle Stand | 10.9% | 57.2% | 5,187 |
| 9 | Safety Zone | 11.6% | 46.6% | 181,633 |
| 10 | Double Parking — Midtown Commercial | 11.6% | 50.0% | 802,090 |
| 11 | Failure To Stop At Red Light | 11.8% | 22.7% | 160,186 |
| 12 | No Standing — Bus Lane | 12.9% | 51.3% | 180,882 |
| 13 | Inspection Sticker — Expired/Missing | 13.0% | 13.2% | 938,827 |
| 14 | Fire Hydrant | 13.9% | 23.8% | 1,105,919 |
| 15 | No Standing — Bus Stop | 14.0% | 43.6% | 1,090,463 |
| 16 | Fail To Display Muni Meter Receipt | 14.7% | 64.3% | 1,722,331 |
| 17 | No Standing — Day/Time Limits | 15.2% | 47.0% | 3,503,111 |
| 18 | Expired Meter — Commercial Meter Zone | 15.7% | 39.6% | 51,275 |
| 19 | No Standing — Hotel Loading | 15.9% | 41.3% | 36,629 |
| 20 | Sidewalk | 17.6% | 32.4% | 190,783 |
Source: NYC Open Data nc67-uf89, decided hearings across all years on record. Only violation types with at least 5,000 decided hearings are ranked. Refreshed 9/8/2026.
Most people never dispute
Of the 16,101,553 tickets issued in 2025, only 2,254,908 (14.0%) have reached a decided hearing so far — yet across all decided hearings on record, 26.2% ended not guilty. The vast majority of tickets are simply paid without anyone checking whether they could be beaten.
Estimate methodology: 13,846,645 tickets issued in 2025 have no decided hearing. If those tickets had been dismissed at the historical all-hearings rate of 26.2%, at the 2025 average fine of $72 per ticket, that fine money would have been waived. This is an illustrative estimate, not a measured amount: tickets that are disputed are not a random sample, some undecided tickets are still pending, and past group rates do not predict individual outcomes.
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NYC Ticket Odds, “NYC Parking & Camera Ticket Data Report” (2026), based on NYC Open Data. https://tickets.zalize.com/data
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NYC Ticket Odds is not a law firm and is not affiliated with the City of New York. All figures are historical group statistics computed from public NYC Open Data records; they do not predict or guarantee the outcome of any individual case. The City of New York provides the underlying data “as is” and does not endorse this analysis.