Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 12/05/2024

Definitions | Limitations

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

  94%

4,232 Cases

All Offenses

  137%

3,291 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  4%

490 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
4,565
4,513
6,094
8,035
9,461
7,370
6,951
6,390
6,645
4,148
1,608
1,317
1,518
1,389
3,291
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
0
3
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
5,312
4,237
3,612
4,595
4,044
3,348
2,230
1,385
1,114
781
284
410
454
473
490
Uncategorized Offenses
9,618
8,666
10,717
12,661
14,745
13,566
3,287
1,497
1,004
597
181
306
388
315
451
All Offenses
19,495
17,416
20,424
25,291
28,250
24,284
12,469
9,287
8,763
5,540
2,073
2,036
2,360
2,177
4,232

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
2,532
2,389
2,456
2,223
1,830
1,692
1,578
1,310
2,166
2,285
1,253
811
1,023
824
1,630
6
4
2
2
1
1
2
0
9
2
0
3
1
0
9
433
460
570
2,562
4,453
2,639
2,409
2,704
3,269
945
33
120
123
127
1,302
1,199
1,274
2,564
2,659
2,520
2,628
2,654
2,232
1,059
819
246
324
306
377
299
365
302
321
276
253
200
183
102
130
96
76
59
63
61
51
30
84
181
313
404
210
125
42
12
1
0
0
2
0
0
All Property Offenses
4,565
4,513
6,094
8,035
9,461
7,370
6,951
6,390
6,645
4,148
1,608
1,317
1,518
1,389
3,291

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
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
0
3
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
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
3,309
2,704
2,619
2,977
2,546
2,130
1,486
801
552
351
120
117
153
183
280
1,380
1,006
596
1,244
915
619
357
441
474
393
161
274
278
268
201
588
509
381
355
568
577
370
132
81
30
1
16
22
16
8
35
18
16
19
15
22
17
11
7
7
2
3
1
6
1
All Other Offenses
5,312
4,237
3,612
4,595
4,044
3,348
2,230
1,385
1,114
781
284
410
454
473
490