NYC Ticket Odds

Open data report

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: 8/9/2026. 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 8/9/2026.

Tickets issued per year

Download chart as PNG

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.

→ مزید دیکھنے کے لیے سوائپ کریں

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

→ مزید دیکھنے کے لیے سوائپ کریں

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 8/9/2026.

Tickets by borough

Download chart as PNG

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

مین ہیٹن
40.8M
بروکلین
37.9M
کوئنز
37.2M
برونکس
18.2M
اسٹیٹن آئی لینڈ
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.

→ مزید دیکھنے کے لیے سوائپ کریں

ViolationTicketsFines issued
اسکول زون میں کیمرے سے رفتار کی خلاف ورزی (Photo School Zone Speed Violation)37,993,751$1.9B
پارکنگ منع ہے (سڑک کی صفائی) (No Parking — Street Cleaning)16,702,560$978.2M
میونی میٹر کی رسید ظاہر نہ کرنا (Fail To Display Muni Meter Receipt)11,318,777$479.8M
نامعلوم (Unknown)9,626,184$348,063
کھڑا ہونا منع ہے (دن/وقت کی حدود) (No Standing — Day/Time Limits)9,019,617$1.04B
پارکنگ منع ہے (دن/وقت کی حدود) (No Parking — Day/Time Limits)6,687,208$415.4M
سرخ بتی پر نہ رکنا (Failure To Stop At Red Light)6,210,624$310.5M
فائر ہائیڈرنٹ (Fire Hydrant)6,049,773$695.3M
انسپکشن اسٹیکر زائد المیعاد یا غائب (Inspection Sticker — Expired/Missing)5,632,581$366.1M
بس لین کی خلاف ورزی (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 PNG

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.

→ مزید دیکھنے کے لیے سوائپ کریں

#ViolationDismissedReducedDecided hearings
1پارکنگ منع ہے (ٹیکسی اسٹینڈ) (No Parking — Taxi Stand)87.6%1.5%16,184
2پارکنگ منع ہے (مجاز گاڑیوں کے علاوہ) (No Parking — Except Authorized Vehicle)84.4%2.6%43,050
3دیگر (Other)79.9%1.5%7,151
4میٹر پر سامان فروخت/پیش کرنا (Selling/Offering Merchandise — Meter)77.2%1.8%8,285
5پارکنگ منع ہے (معذوری پرمٹ کے علاوہ) (No Parking — Except Handicap Permit)75.6%1.3%5,209
6بس کا غیر مجاز قیام (Unauthorized Bus Layover)71.9%2.7%19,347
7پیدل چلنے والوں کا ریمپ (Pedestrian Ramp)70.5%2.8%25,035
8نامناسب رجسٹریشن (Improper Registration)68.8%5.7%16,846
9رات بھر ٹریکٹر ٹریلر کی پارکنگ (Overnight Tractor Trailer Parking)68.0%1.4%6,898
10پارکنگ منع ہے (معذوری پرمٹ کے علاوہ) (No Parking — Except Disability Permit)67.1%0.9%7,553
11علیحدہ ٹریلر (Detached Trailer)64.8%12.1%29,210
12سازوسامان غائب (Missing Equipment)59.8%5.2%5,858
13مقررہ جگہ سے باہر بس کھڑی کرنا (Parked Bus — Except Designated Area)55.5%0.9%31,700
14کھڑا ہونا منع ہے (گارمنٹ ڈسٹرکٹ، ٹرکوں کے علاوہ) (No Standing (Except Trucks/Garment District No-Truck))53.6%22.5%9,484
15گاڑیوں کے راستے میں رکاوٹ (Obstructing Driveway)53.3%1.3%100,628
16ممنوعہ زون میں سواری اٹھانا/اتارنا (Pickup Discharge In Prohibited Zone)51.5%0.3%10,250
17میونی میٹر کا وقت ختم (Expired Muni Meter)51.1%12.2%740,281
18پارکنگ پرمٹ کا غلط استعمال (Misuse Parking Permit)50.9%0.5%13,783
19کھڑا ہونا منع ہے (ٹرک لوڈنگ کے علاوہ) (No Standing — Except Truck Loading)49.5%0.6%390,316
20میونی میٹر کی رسید ظاہر نہ کرنا (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 8/9/2026.

20 violations least often dismissed at hearings

Download chart as PNG

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

→ مزید دیکھنے کے لیے سوائپ کریں

#ViolationDismissedReducedDecided hearings
1MTA کیمرا خلاف ورزی — ڈبل پارکنگ (MTA Camera Violation — Double Parking)4.4%22.6%57,556
2سائیکل لین (Bike Lane)9.2%57.3%398,676
3رکنا منع ہے (دن/وقت کی حدود) (No Stopping — Day/Time Limits)9.2%55.2%414,536
4موبائل کیمرے سے بس لین کی خلاف ورزی (Mobile Bus Lane Violation)9.8%50.6%133,495
5MTA کیمرا خلاف ورزی — بس اسٹاپ پر پارکنگ (MTA Camera Violation — Parking In A Bus Stop)10.2%36.1%80,878
6اسکول زون میں کیمرے سے رفتار کی خلاف ورزی (Photo School Zone Speed Violation)10.2%22.1%944,685
7کھڑا ہونا منع ہے (آف اسٹریٹ لاٹ) (No Standing — Off-Street Lot)10.2%23.8%37,691
8کھڑا ہونا منع ہے (کرائے کی گاڑیوں کا اسٹینڈ) (No Standing — For-Hire Vehicle Stand)10.9%57.2%5,187
9حفاظتی زون (Safety Zone)11.6%46.6%181,633
10ڈبل پارکنگ (مڈٹاؤن تجارتی علاقہ) (Double Parking — Midtown Commercial)11.6%50.0%802,090
11سرخ بتی پر نہ رکنا (Failure To Stop At Red Light)11.8%22.7%160,186
12کھڑا ہونا منع ہے (بس لین) (No Standing — Bus Lane)12.9%51.3%180,882
13انسپکشن اسٹیکر زائد المیعاد یا غائب (Inspection Sticker — Expired/Missing)13.0%13.2%938,827
14فائر ہائیڈرنٹ (Fire Hydrant)13.9%23.8%1,105,919
15کھڑا ہونا منع ہے (بس اسٹاپ) (No Standing — Bus Stop)14.0%43.6%1,090,463
16میونی میٹر کی رسید ظاہر نہ کرنا (Fail To Display Muni Meter Receipt)14.7%64.3%1,722,331
17کھڑا ہونا منع ہے (دن/وقت کی حدود) (No Standing — Day/Time Limits)15.2%47.0%3,503,111
18میٹر کا وقت ختم (تجارتی میٹر زون) (Expired Meter — Commercial Meter Zone)15.7%39.6%51,275
19کھڑا ہونا منع ہے (ہوٹل لوڈنگ) (No Standing — Hotel Loading)15.9%41.3%36,629
20فٹ پاتھ (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 8/9/2026.

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.

Cite this page

You are welcome to reuse any figure or chart from this page in articles, blog posts or research. Please credit us with a link — that is the entire license.

NYC Ticket Odds, “NYC Parking & Camera Ticket Data Report” (2026), based on NYC Open Data. https://tickets.zalize.com/data
https://tickets.zalize.com/data

Embed a live widget

Every violation page has an embeddable card showing its historical dismissal rate. Paste this iframe into any site — it stays up to date automatically and links back here.

<iframe src="https://tickets.zalize.com/embed/no-parking-taxi-stand" width="420" height="290" style="border:0;max-width:100%" loading="lazy" title="NYC ticket dismissal rate widget"></iframe>

Replace the violation slug in the URL with any violation from our list — each violation page also has a one-click copy button for its own widget.

اختیاری: ویجٹ URL میں ?theme=dark یا ?theme=auto شامل کریں — dark گہرا کارڈ نافذ کرتا ہے، auto وزیٹر کی سسٹم کلر اسکیم کی پیروی کرتا ہے، اور اسے چھوڑ دینے (یا theme=light) پر ہلکا کارڈ برقرار رہتا ہے۔

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.