Criminal Court Stats

Disposition and case-processing information designed to explain what happens to cases after prosecution.

Court Stats follows what happens after a case reaches Criminal Court: disposition, time to resolution, prosecution outcomes and sentencing-related measures.

Current disposition analysis: 2026 Q1Includes AOC comparative analysis

Case-level vs. charge-level data

A defendant case can contain multiple charges, so case disposition percentages and charge disposition percentages answer different questions. The charts below label which level is being shown.

Case dispositions — 2026 Q1

68% prosecuted and 32% nolle prosequi in the case-level chart.

Disposition outcomes — 2026 Q1

Breakdown of nolle pros, diversion, incarcerated, time served and suspended outcomes.

Days to disposition

Average and median days to disposition by offense class.

Charge dispositions — 2026 Q1

Charge-level prosecuted versus nolle-pros percentages.

Suspended sentence charges

Suspended-sentence charges by category in 2026 Q1.

Dismissed / nolle pros comparison

Historical comparison of charge counts dismissed/nolle pros.

Memphis Crime Beat's current Court Stats page includes its 2026 Q1 Criminal Court Disposition Analysis and analysis of the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts annual statistical report.