Phila Court Outcomes

Harassment — Subject Other to Physical Contact

Philadelphia-wide historical result

January 1, 2025 – July 24, 2026

Charges seen for this offense: 714. With a recorded final outcome: 501; those records make up the figures below.

These figures summarize criminal cases filed on or after January 1, 2025 in Philadelphia's Municipal Court and Court of Common Pleas, with disposition or sentencing events on or after that date. Only charges with a recorded final outcome are included, and collection is ongoing: the figures reflect records collected so far, not every Philadelphia criminal case.

Records: 501

Historical outcome distribution
OutcomeCountPercentage
Dismissed or withdrawn
Dismissed Definition17134.1%
Withdrawn Definition17935.7%
Guilty plea or verdict
Guilty plea Definition6513%
Guilty verdict Definition6312.6%
Acquittal Definition234.6%

Sentence components: 116

Historical sentencing detail by sentence component
Sentence categoryCountPercentage
Probation Definition6354.3%
Incarceration Definition43.5%
No further penalty Definition4942.2%

Sentenced convictions: 113

Historical sentencing rates: when charges like this ended in conviction
Sentence categoryConvictionsPercentage of sentenced convictionsMedian (months)
Probation Definition6154%3
Incarceration Definition43.5%7.5–8.3
No further penalty Definition4943.4%

Percentages may add up to more than 100% because a single conviction can include more than one sentence type.

15 of 128 recorded convictions (11.7%) have no public sentencing record in the collected data and are not counted in the rates above.

Conviction grades: S 94.5% · M3 5.5%