Trial Court Statistical Reports and Dashboards

Overview

Summary statistics reflect the type and volume of cases handled across the state over recent years. 

Click on the links below to view case statistics by Fiscal Year for each of the Trial Court Departments: Boston Municipal Court, District Court, Housing Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Probate and Family Court, and Superior Court. The statistics are listed with the most recently available information first.

Interactive Dashboards

• ​​​​​​Massachusetts Trial Court, Case Filings, Adult and Juvenile Substance Abuse, M.G.L. Chapter 123, Section 35
• Massachusetts Trial Court, Case Filings, Restraining Orders (209A) and Harassment Orders (258E) 
• Massachusetts Trial Court, Charges Dashboard
• Massachusetts Trial Court, Civil Case Filings
• Massachusetts Trial Court, Dangerousness Hearings
• Massachusetts Trial Court, Emergency Protection Orders (ERPO)
• Massachusetts Trial Court, Evictions
• Massachusetts Trial Court, Show Cause Hearing Decisions
• Massachusetts Juvenile Court, Applications for Delinquent Complaint
• Massachusetts Juvenile Court, Child Requiring Assistance Dashboard
• Massachusetts Juvenile Court, Delinquency Dismissals and Adjudications
• Massachusetts Juvenile Court, Demographics of Selected Juvenile Matters

Data Files with Extracts of Case Information

• 2021 Dataset
  The dataset contains 129,467 records. Each record represents a single criminal case that was filed in FY2021 in the Boston Municipal or District Court department without data elements that will identify a specific case. The offense data reflects the lead charge (first criminal charge listed), though the total number of charges by type is also provided. Only criminal charges are included. Demographic data is reported for the defendant associated with the case, as submitted on criminal complaints from police or revised by Probation. Each defendant has a unique identifier and may appear multiple times in the dataset.
• 2020 Dataset
  The dataset contains 141,327 records. Each record represents a single criminal case that was filed in FY2020 in the Boston Municipal or District Court department without data elements that will identify a specific case. The offense data reflects the lead charge (first criminal charge listed), though the total number of charges by type is also provided. Only criminal charges are included. Demographic data is reported for the defendant associated with the case, as submitted on criminal complaints from police or revised by Probation. Each defendant has a unique identifier and may appear multiple times in the dataset.
• 2019 Dataset
  The dataset contains 170,781 records. Each record represents a single criminal case that was filed in FY2019 in the Boston Municipal or District Court department without data elements that will identify a specific case. The offense data reflects the lead charge (first criminal charge listed), though the total number of charges by type is also provided. Only criminal charges are included. Demographic data is reported for the defendant associated with the case, as submitted on criminal complaints by police or revised by Probation. Each defendant has a unique identifier and may appear multiple times in the dataset.

Statistical Reports

• Summary Process: Fee-Shifting, Dispositions, and Other Practices
• Survey of Pretrial Statistics in Criminal Cases FY2019
• Civil Forfeiture Cases: Selected Statistics (2020)
• Monthly Reports: Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2020 - An Act Providing for Eviction Protections
• Statutes, Practices, and Analysis of Civil Forfeiture Cases (2019)
• Annual Reports: Chapter 205 of the Acts of 2008 - An Act Further Protecting Children
• Disproportionate Minority Contact
• Initial Release Outcome and Bail Amount
• Post-Arraignment Defaults - "Failure to Appear"
• Pretrial Release Decisions
• Selected Statistics on Emerging Adults

Statistics 2014-2021

• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2021
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2020
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2019
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2018
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2017
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2016
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2015
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2014

Statistics 2010-2013

• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2013
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2012
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2010

Statistics 2006-2009

• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2009
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2008
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2007
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2006

Statistics 2002-2005

• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2005
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2004
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2003
• Trial Court Statistics for Fiscal Year 2002

Last updated:	June 3, 2022