Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 12/19/2024

Definitions | Limitations

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

  93%

4,457 Cases

All Offenses

  140%

3,500 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  -5%

501 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
4,729
4,679
6,358
8,396
9,767
7,601
7,140
6,639
6,894
4,286
1,658
1,364
1,614
1,456
3,500
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
0
3
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
5,492
4,344
3,761
4,773
4,196
3,445
2,263
1,424
1,145
796
284
416
462
530
501
Uncategorized Offenses
9,844
8,910
11,125
13,157
15,143
13,845
3,360
1,531
1,042
603
183
317
393
328
456
All Offenses
20,065
17,933
21,245
26,326
29,106
24,891
12,764
9,609
9,081
5,699
2,125
2,100
2,469
2,314
4,457

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
2,644
2,483
2,571
2,284
1,922
1,747
1,630
1,356
2,267
2,390
1,293
846
1,098
855
1,717
7
4
2
2
1
1
2
0
9
2
0
4
1
0
9
439
474
596
2,776
4,585
2,702
2,490
2,824
3,387
949
35
122
126
138
1,408
1,231
1,306
2,665
2,711
2,587
2,731
2,707
2,309
1,087
846
251
329
321
400
314
378
316
336
294
261
205
186
108
132
98
79
63
66
63
52
30
96
188
329
411
215
125
42
12
1
0
0
2
0
0
All Property Offenses
4,729
4,679
6,358
8,396
9,767
7,601
7,140
6,639
6,894
4,286
1,658
1,364
1,614
1,456
3,500

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
3,432
2,791
2,733
3,103
2,639
2,191
1,510
837
579
365
120
121
158
236
286
1,408
1,012
619
1,281
963
628
357
442
475
394
161
276
281
270
206
613
523
393
370
579
602
379
134
84
30
1
16
22
18
8
39
18
16
19
15
24
17
11
7
7
2
3
1
6
1
All Other Offenses
5,492
4,344
3,761
4,773
4,196
3,445
2,263
1,424
1,145
796
284
416
462
530
501