This page contains links to various New York State criminal legal system statistics, data, and reports that may be of interest to the public defense community.

Reported Crime Statistics

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, Statistics 

• Index Crimes (seven categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft)
• Hate Crime
• Domestic Violence
• Gun Violence
  

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, Reports

• Crime in New York State

Data.NY.Gov

• Index Crimes by County and Agency: Beginning 1990
• Index, Violent, Property, and Firearm Rates by County: Beginning 1990
  

Arrests & Dispositions

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, Statistics 

• Adult Arrests (by County and Region; by Age, Race/Ethnicity and Sex by County and Region)
• Dispositions of Adult Arrests (by County and Region; by Age, Race/Ethnicity and Sex by County and Region)
• Arrests and Prison Sentences by Race/Ethnicity

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, Reports

• Criminal Justice Case Processing Reports

NYS Office of Court Administration, Division of Technology & Court Research

• OCA-STAT Act 
• OCA-STAT Act Extract Data Dictionary 

The OCA-STAT Act data is provided pursuant to Judiciary Law 212(2)(u-1) and (v-1). The data includes information about arraignments on violations and misdemeanors, as well as felony case data. The website includes a data extract that is updated monthly and a dashboard that aggregates case-leve data. Data available: November 2020 to present.

Trial courts included: 
Outside NYC

• Town & Village Justice Courts (only fingerprintable cases available)
• City & District Courts
• County Courts (including Supreme Criminal Terms)

New York City

• New York City Criminal Courts (including all five borough criminal courts and community courts)
• Supreme Courts (Criminal Terms)

Data extract fields:

• arraignments by level of offense: felony (A-E); misdemeanor (A, B, or U); and violations [top charge at arrest and top charge at arraignment]
• arrest type (custody, DAT, NYC summons, unknown)
• gender, ethnicity, race, age at arrest of those arraigned
• case status (pending; tolled/open warrant; open warrant; disposed)
• disposition type (plea; dismissed; dismissed-ACD; GJ/Trans; verdict-TFG; verdict-ACQ; other; unknown)
• disposition detail
• dismissal reason
• sentencing (most severe sentence; fines imposed; fees imposed [not available for Town & Village Courts]; surcharges imposed [not available for Town & Village Courts])

Data.NY.Gov

• Adult Arrests 18 and Older by County: Beginning 1970

Data Collaborative for Justice

• Desk Appearance Tickets in New York State in 2019

Pretrial Release

NYS Office of Court Administration, Division of Technology & Court Research

• Pretrial Release Data 
• Pretrial Services Agency Annual Statistical Report https://ww2.nycourts.gov/court-research/annualstatisticalreports.shtml

Probation

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, Statitics

• Adults Under Supervision (Annually, by Conviction Type, by Sex, by Race/Ethnicity)

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, Reports

• Probation and Alternatives to Incarceration

Data.NY.Gov

• Sentences to Probation by Year: Beginning 1970
• Trend in Supervised Probations by County and Offense: Beginning 2006
• Annual Probationers Under Supervision by Offense Type Chart: Beginning 2006

Parole

Data.NY.Gov

• Parolees Under Community Supervision: Beginning 2008
• Parole Board Decisions for Initial Interviews by Crime Type: Beginning 2008

Jails

Data.NY.Gov

• Jail Population by County: Beginning 1997

NYS Commission of Correction

• Annual Reports
• Incarcerated Individual Statistics

Prisons

Data.NY.Gov

• Inmates Under Custody: Beginning 2008
• Prison Admissions: Beginning 2008

NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

• Research and Reports