Research and Data

Interactive Data Portal

Interactive Data Portal

Welcome to the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing’s interactive data portal.

Data Dashboards (2015-2021)

Sentencing data for 2015 – 2021 can be accessed via the data dashboards described below.

General Information

A general overview of sentencing information, including geographic, demographic, and crime details.

Sentence Lengths

A detailed breakdown of sentence lengths based on array of criminal, court, and case details.

Sentencing Outcome Report

A tabular report of sentences imposed, sorted by crime type and filtered by an array of crime, court, and criminal details.  

Sentencing Conformity Report

A tabular report of sentence conformity to the guidelines, sorted by crime type and filtered by an array of crime, court, and criminal details.

Data Qualifiers 

Data in these reports are based upon the information reported to the Commission on Sentencing by county Courts of Common Pleas. The Commission relies upon the courts for the accuracy and completeness of the data. Data are based on the most serious offense in a criminal incident. All sentence durations are reported in months. For more information on the data presented, please click here.