Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 04/26/2024

Definitions | Limitations

Summary Offenses may be charged directly by the police or by the DAO’s Charging Unit.

  -3%

876 Cases

All Offenses

  -4%

538 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  1%

227 Cases

Other Offenses

All Offenses

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the criminal legal system. Among other changes, overall arrests and cases charged have been lower than prior years and those arrests that have happened tend to be for more serious offenses. Because of this, statistics about arrests, cases charged, and bail should be interpreted with caution.

Yearly Summary Cases Charged by Police District

Data: YTD Count of Summary Cases Charged by Offense Category

Offense Category
2010 YTD
2011 YTD
2012 YTD
2013 YTD
2014 YTD
2015 YTD
2016 YTD
2017 YTD
2018 YTD
2019 YTD
2020 YTD
2021 YTD
2022 YTD
2023 YTD
2024 YTD
All Property Offenses
1,523
1,471
1,809
2,285
3,040
2,598
2,262
1,968
2,185
1,912
791
436
452
560
538
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
1,613
1,530
1,278
1,760
1,486
1,193
1,039
497
348
232
120
84
142
224
227
Uncategorized Offenses
2,873
2,715
3,399
3,844
4,321
5,035
1,564
477
311
247
93
60
134
121
111
All Offenses
6,009
5,716
6,486
7,889
8,847
8,826
4,865
2,942
2,844
2,391
1,004
583
728
905
876

Property

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the criminal legal system. Among other changes, overall arrests and cases charged have been lower than prior years and those arrests that have happened tend to be for more serious offenses. Because of this, statistics about arrests, cases charged, and bail should be interpreted with caution.

Yearly Summary Cases Charged by Police District

Data: YTD Count of Summary Cases Charged by Offense Category

Offense Category
2010 YTD
2011 YTD
2012 YTD
2013 YTD
2014 YTD
2015 YTD
2016 YTD
2017 YTD
2018 YTD
2019 YTD
2020 YTD
2021 YTD
2022 YTD
2023 YTD
2024 YTD
811
713
805
751
611
608
575
442
737
713
625
272
288
365
353
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
168
151
118
508
1,393
1,098
797
719
982
841
24
23
38
37
50
407
471
724
816
805
733
779
762
413
332
114
126
101
135
124
119
124
99
94
94
85
68
31
50
26
28
14
25
23
11
17
10
63
116
137
74
43
14
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
1,523
1,471
1,809
2,285
3,040
2,598
2,262
1,968
2,185
1,912
791
436
452
560
538

Drugs

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the criminal legal system. Among other changes, overall arrests and cases charged have been lower than prior years and those arrests that have happened tend to be for more serious offenses. Because of this, statistics about arrests, cases charged, and bail should be interpreted with caution.

Yearly Summary Cases Charged by Police District

Data: YTD Count of Summary Cases Charged by Offense Category

Offense Category
2010 YTD
2011 YTD
2012 YTD
2013 YTD
2014 YTD
2015 YTD
2016 YTD
2017 YTD
2018 YTD
2019 YTD
2020 YTD
2021 YTD
2022 YTD
2023 YTD
2024 YTD
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0

Other

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the criminal legal system. Among other changes, overall arrests and cases charged have been lower than prior years and those arrests that have happened tend to be for more serious offenses. Because of this, statistics about arrests, cases charged, and bail should be interpreted with caution.

Yearly Summary Cases Charged by Police District

Data: YTD Count of Summary Cases Charged by Offense Category

Offense Category
2010 YTD
2011 YTD
2012 YTD
2013 YTD
2014 YTD
2015 YTD
2016 YTD
2017 YTD
2018 YTD
2019 YTD
2020 YTD
2021 YTD
2022 YTD
2023 YTD
2024 YTD
1,157
1,034
933
1,152
977
787
656
309
207
131
67
29
46
102
160
264
296
205
486
336
202
173
125
111
85
53
53
88
116
64
190
193
138
116
169
203
204
59
30
15
0
2
8
6
3
2
7
2
6
4
1
6
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
1,613
1,530
1,278
1,760
1,486
1,193
1,039
497
348
232
120
84
142
224
227