Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 10/13/2024

Definitions | Limitations

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

  75%

3,223 Cases

All Offenses

  106%

2,436 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  11%

417 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
3,853
3,843
5,186
6,586
7,965
6,341
5,902
5,377
5,546
3,621
1,414
1,114
1,198
1,183
2,436
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
12
0
3
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
4,533
3,740
3,036
3,877
3,519
2,837
2,007
1,121
903
678
235
306
393
376
417
Uncategorized Offenses
8,192
7,634
9,164
10,587
12,550
12,360
3,038
1,364
883
538
163
255
357
285
370
All Offenses
16,578
15,217
17,387
21,050
24,034
21,538
10,948
7,877
7,332
4,849
1,812
1,678
1,948
1,844
3,223

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
2,109
1,989
2,091
1,883
1,503
1,436
1,340
1,115
1,836
1,890
1,120
687
806
725
1,264
5
4
2
2
1
1
1
0
6
2
0
2
1
0
8
374
405
442
1,895
3,717
2,333
2,074
2,139
2,683
938
30
97
104
110
860
1,041
1,123
2,226
2,326
2,178
2,222
2,212
2,002
897
713
198
283
233
296
261
295
254
279
232
213
170
158
86
113
77
66
45
53
52
43
29
68
146
248
353
179
117
35
11
1
0
0
1
0
0
All Property Offenses
3,853
3,843
5,186
6,586
7,965
6,341
5,902
5,377
5,546
3,621
1,414
1,114
1,198
1,183
2,436

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
12
0
3
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
12
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
2,786
2,347
2,183
2,491
2,174
1,786
1,312
689
433
302
107
94
130
162
235
1,214
912
501
1,083
857
548
338
308
394
342
125
193
241
198
176
512
463
340
284
475
494
340
114
69
27
1
16
21
12
6
21
18
12
19
13
9
17
10
7
7
2
3
1
4
0
All Other Offenses
4,533
3,740
3,036
3,877
3,519
2,837
2,007
1,121
903
678
235
306
393
376
417