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Average monthly violation rate for adult probationers (%)
Monitor and enforce the conditions of probation. — Assess client risk and misconduct data to apply optimal supervision, monitoring, and programming throughout a probation term.
DOP attributes the rise in the adult probation-violation rate through Fiscal 2024 largely to an increase in rearrests among people on probation, which drives up the overall count of violations. The subsequent decline to 1.5% in Fiscal 2025 is credited by the agency to enhanced supervision efforts aimed at helping clients stay in compliance with the terms of probation.
Researched July 16, 2026 — Department of Probation, Fiscal 2024 Mayor's Management Report, Department of Probation, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above.
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| Fiscal year | Actual |
|---|---|
| FY22 | 0.7% |
| FY23 | 1% |
| FY24 | 2% |
| FY25 | 1.5% |
| FY26 (YTD) | Not available |
Why this is tracked
Probation supervision is the mechanism that turns a judge's sentencing decision into an ongoing, monitored arrangement rather than incarceration. Probation officers track compliance with court-ordered conditions and respond when those conditions are violated, functioning as the enforcement layer that makes community-based sentencing possible instead of relying on jail or prison. Since the 2010s, NYC Probation has shifted this supervision toward a community justice model, moving officers into the neighborhoods where clients live in an effort to make compliance monitoring more effective and less purely punitive.
NYC Probation - Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON), Vera Institute - Adult Probation and NeON
Source: Statistical Tracking, Analysis & Reporting System — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported pmmr/mmr.
Definition: The percentage of adult probationers whose cases are referred to court for a violation proceeding for serious misconduct each month, out of the total number of adult probationers.