Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 11/30/2025

Definitions | Limitations

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

  86%

9,939 Cases

All Offenses

  89%

8,410 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  32%

667 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
4,503
4,435
6,027
7,905
9,312
7,302
6,858
6,318
6,576
4,106
1,596
1,303
1,495
1,380
4,439
8,410
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
5,229
4,192
3,560
4,535
4,006
3,292
2,197
1,366
1,102
776
284
408
444
454
505
667
Uncategorized Offenses
9,518
8,593
10,558
12,433
14,590
13,461
3,265
1,481
999
598
184
304
409
347
391
862
All Offenses
19,250
17,220
20,146
24,873
27,908
24,055
12,321
9,180
8,677
5,494
2,064
2,018
2,348
2,181
5,335
9,939

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
2,498
2,349
2,423
2,191
1,796
1,672
1,556
1,292
2,139
2,248
1,241
801
1,003
820
1,688
1,959
5
4
2
2
1
1
2
0
9
2
0
2
1
0
9
2
430
456
566
2,501
4,385
2,617
2,363
2,672
3,238
945
34
120
127
126
2,381
6,065
1,183
1,246
2,539
2,632
2,481
2,610
2,631
2,212
1,050
815
246
321
302
373
307
331
357
297
316
273
248
195
181
100
128
95
75
59
60
61
54
53
30
83
181
306
401
207
125
42
12
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
4,503
4,435
6,027
7,905
9,312
7,302
6,858
6,318
6,576
4,106
1,596
1,303
1,495
1,380
4,439
8,410

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
3,271
2,674
2,573
2,928
2,514
2,100
1,468
791
543
347
120
115
150
180
288
300
1,345
992
594
1,238
914
611
348
434
471
392
161
274
271
253
208
309
578
508
377
350
563
559
364
130
81
30
1
16
22
15
8
45
35
18
16
19
15
22
17
11
7
7
2
3
1
6
1
13
All Other Offenses
5,229
4,192
3,560
4,535
4,006
3,292
2,197
1,366
1,102
776
284
408
444
454
505
667