Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 09/05/2025

Definitions | Limitations

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

  110%

7,212 Cases

All Offenses

  125%

6,199 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  3%

402 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
2025 YTD
All Property Offenses
3,425
3,355
4,380
5,550
6,943
5,690
5,139
4,688
4,822
3,232
1,257
949
1,026
1,025
2,751
6,199
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
11
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
3,786
3,179
2,575
3,292
3,017
2,354
1,762
939
760
525
203
250
297
299
389
402
Uncategorized Offenses
7,210
6,617
7,855
9,023
10,800
11,365
2,821
1,187
782
470
152
216
340
240
289
611
All Offenses
14,421
13,151
14,811
17,865
20,760
19,409
9,722
6,829
6,364
4,238
1,612
1,418
1,663
1,564
3,429
7,212

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
2025 YTD
1,845
1,722
1,781
1,625
1,314
1,270
1,179
966
1,605
1,613
1,011
596
684
638
1,141
1,416
5
3
0
1
1
0
1
0
6
2
0
2
1
0
8
1
326
345
334
1,508
3,158
2,108
1,769
1,735
2,322
928
29
80
93
91
1,329
4,512
950
1,000
1,922
1,997
1,971
1,993
1,943
1,876
787
627
158
236
204
250
233
236
270
229
238
209
192
157
142
78
93
61
59
35
44
46
40
34
29
56
105
210
307
162
105
33
9
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
3,425
3,355
4,380
5,550
6,943
5,690
5,139
4,688
4,822
3,232
1,257
949
1,026
1,025
2,751
6,199

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
2025 YTD
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
11
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
11
0
3
0
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
2025 YTD
2,421
2,053
1,883
2,124
1,898
1,531
1,161
595
373
256
99
81
102
141
234
197
903
710
399
906
697
380
274
227
329
240
101
156
175
147
150
153
449
405
281
246
412
439
315
107
54
24
1
13
19
9
5
40
13
11
12
16
10
4
12
10
4
5
2
0
1
2
0
12
All Other Offenses
3,786
3,179
2,575
3,292
3,017
2,354
1,762
939
760
525
203
250
297
299
389
402