Bail & Pretrial
Section 71.0351(a)(1)(A-C) requires the reporting of the number of defendants by category of offense, as well as the number of personal bonds and surety or cash bonds. This information is captured from the bail decision data submitted within the bail form.
Pursuant to Section 71.0351(b) of the Texas Government Code, the Office of Court Administration (OCA) publishes bail and pretrial release data in a publicly accessible format. These public dashboards are available below.
Dashboards Website
OCA has developed a set of dashboards to present required bail and pretrial data elements. The dashboards display aggregated bail proceeding statistics and are designed to support high-level reporting and trend analysis using PSRS data. Users can explore and compare data across years, offense types, bail amounts, similarly sized counties and more. Current data is updated the following day after a bail form is submitted.
Public Safety Report System
Bail Forms and bail related data for defendants whom bail was set following arrest, including any subsequent bond modification whom bail was set after arrest and any bond type modifications. This tool allows the viewer to search specific data for a defendant, magistration location and offense.
Section 71.0351(a)(1)(A-C) requires the reporting of the number of defendants for each category of offense, the number of personal bonds, and the number of surety or cash bonds. This is information being captured from the Bail Form information submitted through the PSRS.
Judicial Council Trial Court Activity Reports
Data elements for the number of cases for defendants who have been released on bail.
Section 71.0351(a)(2-3) requires the reporting of the number of defendants released on bail who have subsequently failed to appear, violated a condition of release, and who committed an offense while released on bail or community supervision. This information is being captured in the District and County Criminal section of the Judicial Council Monthly Court Activity Reports. Data is captured by case counts, not defendants, given that court case management systems and the Judicial Council Monthly Court Activity Reports are designed to track cases. For more information regarding the additional reporting requirements under this section, please visit the District & County Court Reports website.
Please note that reports are due on the 20th of each month. Therefore, the most recent month may not be complete depending on the day the data is viewed.