Details

Last Update

December 16th, 2019

District court cases heard from January through September of 2019 have been added

Format

Downloads are compressed comma separated value (CSV) files, which can be unzipped and easily imported into software like Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Access. If there are more than 250,000 cases, they will be broken up into multiple files for ease of use. If you want a smaller subset of data or you need help using the data, get in touch with me on Twitter or Email.

Fields

Detailed information about the fields in these files can be found in this Medium post.

Anonymized

Case numbers, names, and dates of birth have been removed. If you have a specific need for the original data, please log in below.

Even in the full dataset, the date of birth does not include the year of birth becuase it is censored on the state's website.

Incomplete Circuit Court Data

Alexandria and Fairfax are not available.

Duplicate Cases

In April of 2019, about 100,000 duplicate cases were removed from the data set. More details here.