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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: 08/09/2026. Full methodology

16 101 553
tickets issued in 2025
$1,15B
fines issued in 2025
2 254 908
decided hearings (2025 tickets)
26.2%
of decided hearings end not guilty (all years)

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 08/09/2026.

Tickets issued per year

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New York City has issued 12–16 million parking and camera tickets per year in recent years. The table shows, for tickets issued each year, how many reached a decided hearing.

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7.9M
2016
10.9M
2017
11.2M
2018
12.6M
2019
12.9M
2020
14.8M
2021
16.4M
2022
16.4M
2023
16.3M
2024
16.1M
2025

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YearTicketsFines issuedDecided hearingsHearing share
20167 932 392$496,8M1 898 08023.9%
201710 899 967$722,7M2 896 82226.6%
201811 224 799$767,5M3 130 77427.9%
201912 631 863$852,7M3 396 16726.9%
202012 920 085$826,7M2 449 13319.0%
202114 841 508$967,1M2 586 74917.4%
202216 361 049$1,05B2 499 26115.3%
202316 364 437$1,05B2 311 45314.1%
202416 272 544$1,06B2 294 97114.1%
202516 101 553$1,15B2 254 90814.0%

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 08/09/2026.

Tickets by borough

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All tickets on record, grouped by the county on the summons and merged into the five boroughs.

Manhattan
40.8M
Brooklyn
37.9M
Queens
37.2M
Bronx
18.2M
Staten Island
5.0M

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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ViolationTicketsFines issued
Excès de vitesse détecté par caméra en zone scolaire (Photo School Zone Speed Violation)37 993 751$1,9B
Stationnement interdit (nettoyage des rues) (No Parking — Street Cleaning)16 702 560$978,2M
Défaut d'affichage du reçu d'horodateur (Fail To Display Muni Meter Receipt)11 318 777$479,8M
Inconnu (Unknown)9 626 184$348 063
Immobilisation interdite (limites de jour/heure) (No Standing — Day/Time Limits)9 019 617$1,04B
Stationnement interdit (limites de jour/heure) (No Parking — Day/Time Limits)6 687 208$415,4M
Non-arrêt au feu rouge (Failure To Stop At Red Light)6 210 624$310,5M
Borne d'incendie (Fire Hydrant)6 049 773$695,3M
Vignette d'inspection expirée ou manquante (Inspection Sticker — Expired/Missing)5 632 581$366,1M
Infraction de voie de bus (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

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Among 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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#ViolationDismissedReducedDecided hearings
1Stationnement interdit (station de taxis) (No Parking — Taxi Stand)87.6%1.5%16 184
2Stationnement interdit (sauf véhicules autorisés) (No Parking — Except Authorized Vehicle)84.4%2.6%43 050
3Autre (Other)79.9%1.5%7 151
4Vente/offre de marchandises à un parcmètre (Selling/Offering Merchandise — Meter)77.2%1.8%8 285
5Stationnement interdit (sauf permis handicapé) (No Parking — Except Handicap Permit)75.6%1.3%5 209
6Halte de bus non autorisée (Unauthorized Bus Layover)71.9%2.7%19 347
7Rampe pour piétons (Pedestrian Ramp)70.5%2.8%25 035
8Immatriculation irrégulière (Improper Registration)68.8%5.7%16 846
9Stationnement de nuit d'un semi-remorque (Overnight Tractor Trailer Parking)68.0%1.4%6 898
10Stationnement interdit (sauf permis handicapé) (No Parking — Except Disability Permit)67.1%0.9%7 553
11Remorque dételée (Detached Trailer)64.8%12.1%29 210
12Équipement manquant (Missing Equipment)59.8%5.2%5 858
13Bus stationné hors de la zone désignée (Parked Bus — Except Designated Area)55.5%0.9%31 700
14Immobilisation interdite (sauf camions, quartier de la confection) (No Standing (Except Trucks/Garment District No-Truck))53.6%22.5%9 484
15Obstruction d'une entrée de garage (Obstructing Driveway)53.3%1.3%100 628
16Prise en charge/dépose en zone interdite (Pickup Discharge In Prohibited Zone)51.5%0.3%10 250
17Horodateur expiré (Expired Muni Meter)51.1%12.2%740 281
18Usage abusif du permis de stationnement (Misuse Parking Permit)50.9%0.5%13 783
19Immobilisation interdite (sauf chargement de camions) (No Standing — Except Truck Loading)49.5%0.6%390 316
20Défaut d'affichage du reçu d'horodateur (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 08/09/2026.

20 violations least often dismissed at hearings

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These violation types were dismissed least often at decided hearings — many are camera or owner-liability violations where fewer defenses apply.

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#ViolationDismissedReducedDecided hearings
1Infraction caméra MTA — double file (MTA Camera Violation — Double Parking)4.4%22.6%57 556
2Piste cyclable (Bike Lane)9.2%57.3%398 676
3Arrêt interdit (limites de jour/heure) (No Stopping — Day/Time Limits)9.2%55.2%414 536
4Infraction de voie de bus (caméra mobile) (Mobile Bus Lane Violation)9.8%50.6%133 495
5Infraction caméra MTA — stationnement à un arrêt de bus (MTA Camera Violation — Parking In A Bus Stop)10.2%36.1%80 878
6Excès de vitesse détecté par caméra en zone scolaire (Photo School Zone Speed Violation)10.2%22.1%944 685
7Immobilisation interdite (parking hors voirie) (No Standing — Off-Street Lot)10.2%23.8%37 691
8Immobilisation interdite (station de véhicules de location avec chauffeur) (No Standing — For-Hire Vehicle Stand)10.9%57.2%5 187
9Zone de sécurité (Safety Zone)11.6%46.6%181 633
10Double file (zone commerciale de Midtown) (Double Parking — Midtown Commercial)11.6%50.0%802 090
11Non-arrêt au feu rouge (Failure To Stop At Red Light)11.8%22.7%160 186
12Immobilisation interdite (voie de bus) (No Standing — Bus Lane)12.9%51.3%180 882
13Vignette d'inspection expirée ou manquante (Inspection Sticker — Expired/Missing)13.0%13.2%938 827
14Borne d'incendie (Fire Hydrant)13.9%23.8%1 105 919
15Immobilisation interdite (arrêt de bus) (No Standing — Bus Stop)14.0%43.6%1 090 463
16Défaut d'affichage du reçu d'horodateur (Fail To Display Muni Meter Receipt)14.7%64.3%1 722 331
17Immobilisation interdite (limites de jour/heure) (No Standing — Day/Time Limits)15.2%47.0%3 503 111
18Parcmètre expiré (zone de parcmètres commerciaux) (Expired Meter — Commercial Meter Zone)15.7%39.6%51 275
19Immobilisation interdite (chargement d'hôtel) (No Standing — Hotel Loading)15.9%41.3%36 629
20Trottoir (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 08/09/2026.

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.

14.0%
of 2025 tickets reached a decided hearing
26.2%
of decided hearings end not guilty (all years)
$259,7M
est. fines that could have been waived (2025, see note)

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.