Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 12/14/2025

Definitions | Limitations

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

  85%

10,269 Cases

All Offenses

  87%

8,648 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  42%

729 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
4,676
4,625
6,258
8,279
9,650
7,522
7,088
6,558
6,805
4,236
1,643
1,349
1,592
1,433
4,619
8,648
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
5,444
4,308
3,711
4,728
4,121
3,417
2,251
1,412
1,135
789
284
413
459
528
515
729
Uncategorized Offenses
9,763
8,839
10,983
12,981
14,988
13,745
3,346
1,526
1,034
604
187
321
417
362
408
892
All Offenses
19,883
17,772
20,953
25,988
28,759
24,684
12,686
9,511
8,974
5,643
2,114
2,086
2,468
2,323
5,542
10,269

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
2,610
2,451
2,525
2,261
1,882
1,720
1,608
1,343
2,229
2,346
1,278
835
1,079
848
1,764
2,024
7
4
2
2
1
1
2
0
9
2
0
4
1
0
10
2
438
471
587
2,712
4,541
2,681
2,468
2,791
3,347
948
36
124
129
131
2,470
6,222
1,219
1,293
2,631
2,692
2,559
2,708
2,702
2,278
1,078
841
251
326
317
391
319
345
372
310
330
291
258
201
183
104
130
98
78
60
64
63
56
55
30
96
183
321
409
211
125
42
12
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
4,676
4,625
6,258
8,279
9,650
7,522
7,088
6,558
6,805
4,236
1,643
1,349
1,592
1,433
4,619
8,648

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
1
15
0
14
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
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
3,392
2,765
2,687
3,064
2,602
2,170
1,500
826
569
359
120
120
155
234
296
311
1,407
1,008
618
1,280
929
625
357
442
475
393
161
274
281
270
209
360
606
517
390
365
575
598
377
133
84
30
1
16
22
18
9
45
39
18
16
19
15
24
17
11
7
7
2
3
1
6
1
13
All Other Offenses
5,444
4,308
3,711
4,728
4,121
3,417
2,251
1,412
1,135
789
284
413
459
528
515
729