NYC Ticket Odds

How we compute this

Methodology

Data source

All statistics come from the public dataset Open Parking and Camera Violations published by the City of New York (~148 million rows). Last refreshed: 9/8/2026. The City of New York provides this data “as is” and makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness, and does not endorse this site or our analysis.

What we count

We count only tickets whose status shows a decided hearing:

7,125,605
hearing held — not guilty
11,284,352
hearing held — guilty
8,779,456
hearing held — guilty reduction

How rates are computed

dismissal rate = not-guilty outcomes ÷ decided hearings

reduction rate = guilty-with-reduction ÷ decided hearings

Rates are computed per violation type (and per borough). Groups with fewer than 500 decided hearings are excluded to avoid small-sample noise.

Caveats

  • These are rates among people who disputed and got a decision — they say nothing about tickets that were simply paid.
  • Rates aggregate many years of hearings; enforcement and adjudication practice change over time.
  • Historical rates describe groups, not individuals. Your case depends on its own facts and evidence. Nothing here is legal advice.
  • The upstream city dataset occasionally pauses its updates. The “last refreshed” date above always reflects the true data cutoff, and we flag pages when the data grows unusually stale.

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