Harris County Court Cases

Find Harris County court case information. Lookup your case detail via the Harris County case website. Harris County Texas was established in 1836. The county was once part of One of the original 23 counties. The county was named after John Richardson Harris, early settler and founder of Harrisburg, Texas, which eventually became known as Houston, Harris County covers an area of 1,729 square miles and has a reported population of 4092459. The county seat and court are located in the city of Houston, Texas.

Crime & Case Details for Harris County

For 2016, the following crime related statistics were reported in the county:

DWI & Alcohol-Related Driving Deaths: 714
Violent Crime Cases: 30906
Murder / Homicide Rate (per 100k residents): 8.8

For the felony cases tried in the county last year (2016), here’s how the defendants were sentenced:

Prison: 7830
Texas State Jail: 4613
County Jail: 6220
Probation Time: 858
Fines Only: 37

Harris County Court Case Volume

As of August 2016, the county had the following active-pending caseload volume:

Civil Cases: 46624
Family Relations Cases: 40321
Juvenile Cases: 2417
Criminal Cases: 17322