What typically happens with your charge in Florida.

Free outcome data from 1,699,577+ cases across 66 counties and 20 judicial circuits. Data covers 2023-2025.

Updated July 2026 · 2025 data

Across Florida in 2025, 4.3% of criminal cases that reached the courtroom were dismissed — but the rate varies sharply by charge and by county. That variation, charge by charge and county by county, is what this site maps.

Statewide Disposition Trend

Exhibit · Quarterly dispositions, all charges — Florida statewide

4.1%

4.0%

5.5%

4.3%

4.6%

4.4%

4.5%

4.7%

4.6%

4.5%

3.8%

4.1%

Q1’23 Q2’23 Q3’23 Q4’23 Q1’24 Q2’24 Q3’24 Q4’24 Q1’25 Q2’25 Q3’25 Q4’25

Latest quarter2025-Q4 — 4.1% of 128,320 cases dismissed.

Quarterly figures recompute from monthly disposition counts across all charge types filed statewide.

Source: FDLE Criminal Justice Data Transparency · Florida statewide · all charges — FloridaCourtFile.com

Top Charges by Case Volume

Rates shown are 2025 unless marked otherwise.

Traffic Offense 4.3% dismissed · 125,774 cases Drug Possession 1.6% dismissed · 83,303 cases Other 15.5% dismissed · 65,357 cases Larceny / Theft 1.7% dismissed · 49,481 cases Battery 2.9% dismissed · 34,334 cases Resisting Officer 2.1% dismissed · 30,098 cases Trespassing 4.0% dismissed · 24,729 cases DUI 1.2% dismissed · 22,860 cases Fraud 1.9% dismissed · 14,365 cases Sex Offense 2.4% dismissed · 15,578 cases Burglary 1.5% dismissed · 11,045 cases Weapons Offense 1.8% dismissed · 7,729 cases Criminal Mischief 2.3% dismissed · 8,604 cases Hit and Run 1.5% dismissed · 7,757 cases Assault 2.8% dismissed · 6,065 cases

Charges ranked by statewide case volume; the rate shown is each charge's dismissal rate for the window marked. Click any charge for its full outcome breakdown — guilty and withheld rates, sentencing, and county comparisons.

All 36 charge types

Top Counties by Case Volume

Rates shown are 2025 unless marked otherwise.

Palm Beach County 0.5% dismissed · 46,730 cases Hillsborough County 4.4% dismissed · 48,819 cases Pinellas County 1.6% dismissed · 36,478 cases Duval County 1.1% dismissed · 33,002 cases Polk County 1.3% dismissed · 32,399 cases Volusia County 17.1% dismissed · 31,452 cases Miami-Dade County 9.5% dismissed · 26,542 cases Orange County 11.8% dismissed · 23,439 cases Broward County 5.6% dismissed · 23,370 cases Marion County 4.1% dismissed · 15,495 cases Bay County 1.7% dismissed · 13,124 cases Sarasota County 1.7% dismissed · 13,084 cases Pasco County 1.3% dismissed · 14,502 cases Escambia County 9.5% dismissed · 13,925 cases Lee County 0.8% dismissed · 12,769 cases

Counties ranked by case volume; the rate shown is each county's all-charge dismissal rate for the window marked. Click any county for its full outcome breakdown — guilty and withheld rates, sentencing, and trends.

All 66 counties

From the Research Desk

Research · The Florida Prosecution Report

30.0%

of Florida charges are never prosecuted — the statewide prosecutor report.

Most court data starts at the courtroom door. This report covers the step before it: 2,108,973 State Attorney charging decisions — what gets filed, what gets declined, and how much it depends on the county.

Read the Florida Prosecution Report

Battery charges declined — the county spread

Osceola highest 90.3%

Holmes lowest 7.7%

Same charge, same statute — 82.6 points apart across 43 counties with reportable data.

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About this data: All statistics are derived from 1,699,577+ FDLE Criminal Justice Data Transparency records covering dispositions from 2023-2025. "Guilty rate" is the percentage of cases resulting in a guilty finding. "Adjudication withheld" means the court found sufficient evidence of guilt but withheld formal adjudication, allowing the defendant to avoid a conviction on their record. "Dismissal rate" is the percentage of cases dismissed by the court or prosecution. Data last updated July 2026.

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FloridaCourtFile.com (2026). Florida Criminal Court Outcomes by Charge and County (2025). Based on 1,699,577+ public court records; last updated July 2026. https://www.floridacourtfile.com/