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Housing Court Department
Fiscal Year 2008 Statistics

Overview of Trends

 

Case Entries (excluding ADR)1

FISCAL YEAR
BOSTON
NORTHEAST
SOUTHEAST
WESTERN
WORCESTER
TOTALS
FY 01
11980
5600
7258
10429
6077
41344
FY 02
14120
5238
7328
10339
6433
43458
FY 03
9957
4215
6714
9316
5730
35932
FY 04
9282
4219
6579
8853
6208
35141
FY 05
11175
4518
6337
9793
5559
37382
FY 06
12578
4827
7156
10223
5776
40560
FY 07
14199
5194
7503
10391
6790
44077
FY 08
15196
6254
7860
9450
7486
42246


Percent Change in Case Entries (Excluding ADR) from FY 07 to FY 08

FISCAL YEAR
BOSTON
NORTHEAST
SOUTHEAST
WESTERN
WORCESTER
TOTALS
FY 07
14199
5194
7503
10391
6790
44077
FY 08
15196
6254
1 7860
9450
7486
46246
Percent Change
+7.0%
+20.4%
+4.8%
-9.1%
+10.3%
+4.9%

 

Case Entries (Including ADR)2

FISCAL YEAR
BOSTON
NORTHEAST
SOUTHEAST
WESTERN
WORCESTER
TOTALS
FY 06
15777
7833
11161
14683
8462
57916
FY 07
17993
8498
11681
14721
9822
62715
FY 08
18631
9849
12145
14243
10759
65627


Summary Process Entries

FISCAL YEAR
BOSTON
NORTHEAST
SOUTHEAST
WESTERN
WORCESTER
TOTALS
FY 01
6240
4294
4991
5220
3827
24572
FY 02
6172
3843
5028
5492
4093
24628
FY 03
5841
3253
4602
5040
3604
22340
FY 04
4669
2977
4279
5066
3303
20294
FY 05
4708
3256
4358
4911
3568
20801
FY 06
4406
3623
4495
4943
3910
21377
FY 07
5051
3884
4528
4993
4488
22944
FY 08
5198
4743
5112
4801
5118
24972

 

 

1

FY 02 included ticket cases for the first time.
FY 03 excluded ticket cases.
FY 04 included ticket cases again.
FY 05 included ticket case and utility warrant cases for the first time.
FY 06 included ticket, utility warrant and probable cause cases for the first time.
FY 07 and FY 08 included all case types.

 

2 ADR data for fiscal years prior to FY 06 is not available.

 

 

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