How many people are in the community awaiting disposition of a NYC case?
As of October 2024, there were 54,546 people in the community awaiting disposition of a NYC case. This number has varied over the past 5 years from a high of 57,913 in January 2019 to a low of 39,582 in April 2020.
How many criminal cases are prosecuted in NYC?
In the last year, there were 172,404 prosecuted criminal cases in NYC. Among those, 74.9% had a misdemeanor as their most serious charge while 25.2% were charged with a felony (12.4% non-violent felony and 12.8% violent felony).
How many people are arrested and prosecuted in NYC each year?
109,393 people were arrested and prosecuted in 2023. This number has varied substantially over the past five years, from a high of 142,026 in 2018 to a low of 72,879 in 2020.
How many people are arrested and prosecuted for a new offense while on pretrial release?
For individuals who were released while awaiting case disposition, 78.9% were not prosecuted for any new offense. Conversely, 21.1% were charged with new offenses during a six-month follow-up period (n = 135,335 prosecuted arrests in the past four quarters)
What do we know about pretrial outcomes using information provided by CJA at arraignment?
CJA information identifies small groups of pretrial releasees with new prosecuted arrest and bench warrant rates exceeding 60%. These rates are more than 3 to 4 times the average bench warrant (13.9%) and new prosecuted arrest (23%) rates for the past year.
What are the court case outcomes for prosecuted arrests?
Of the 146,693 disposed cases with arrest dates in 2023, 29.5% had a guilty outcome, 18.8% received an ACD, 14.4% were dismissed following an alternative court program, and 37.2% were dismissed. For cases with a guilty outcome, the most serious charge at sentencing was a violation or infraction in 61.7% of the cases.
CJA Data Tools
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Pretrial Dashboards
Case Analysis Tool
CJA’s Case Analysis Tool (CAT) allows users to explore data on prosecuted cases in New York City. This tool only contains data leading up to 2018, and is no longer being updated or maintained. Please see our pretrial dashboards for more up to date information.