Downtown Austin Community Court Fiscal Year 2025 Caseload

City of Austin provides data on violations charged through its Downtown Community Court for Fiscal Year 2025. The dataset includes case status and detailed race classifications with standardized abbreviations.

Use Cases

• Analyze case closure rates by comparing Case Status (Y/N) across different Race categories.
• Model case status outcomes using demographic features like Race as predictor variables.
• Examine the distribution of Race codes, including specific categories like 'MR' (Identified Multiple Races) or 'CD' (Client does not know).
• Track case lifecycle by segmenting data using Case Status definitions for Active, Inactive, Terminated, and Terminated Administratively.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative City of Austin municipal government.
• Includes a detailed, standardized code set for Race with 13 distinct categories.
• Provides clear definitions for Case Status (Y/N) linked to specific court procedures like TERM and TERMA.
• Covers a specific fiscal year (FY 2025) for temporal focus.

Limitations

• Core structural details like row count, column count, and sample data are unavailable, limiting initial assessment.
• Data may have inherent geographic bias, focusing solely on violations within Downtown Austin.
• Relies on administrative court coding for Race and Case Status, which may contain errors or 'Unknown' entries.

Provenance

Source

City of Austin

Collection Method

Administrative court records from the Downtown Austin Community Court.

Time Range

Fiscal Year 2025

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

City of Austin, Texas, specifically the Downtown Community Court jurisdiction.