An ABC15 analysis of Phoenix police traffic citation data has identified ticket “hot spots” citywide and highlights racial disparities in who is being ticketed.
We examined the latest available citywide police data, spanning from January 1 to September 9, 2025, finding 37,950 total civil and criminal traffic citations issued across Phoenix during that period.
A total of 10 hot spots were mapped where drivers received more tickets than other areas and population groups that received the most tickets per capita were identified…