Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 05/26/2025

Definitions | Limitations

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

  147%

2,945 Cases

All Offenses

  222%

2,377 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  -8%

244 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
1,985
1,955
2,368
2,993
3,944
3,412
2,882
2,601
2,782
2,251
965
520
568
656
739
2,377
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
2,363
2,014
1,628
2,157
1,821
1,493
1,270
587
437
308
128
101
174
231
266
244
Uncategorized Offenses
3,868
3,633
4,458
4,988
5,869
6,657
1,951
613
401
293
114
88
175
161
186
324
All Offenses
8,216
7,602
8,454
10,138
11,634
11,562
6,103
3,801
3,620
2,852
1,207
712
917
1,048
1,191
2,945

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
1,040
943
1,015
983
773
774
731
578
929
919
784
328
364
413
499
797
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
212
192
168
667
1,738
1,339
978
905
1,276
900
24
27
51
48
69
1,409
548
622
978
1,089
1,128
1,099
1,034
1,050
508
398
124
146
121
168
153
151
164
157
132
115
116
104
82
45
64
34
33
18
32
27
18
19
20
39
75
138
189
96
57
23
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
1,985
1,955
2,368
2,993
3,944
3,412
2,882
2,601
2,782
2,251
965
520
568
656
739
2,377

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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
1,521
1,307
1,167
1,430
1,209
992
825
374
258
164
73
44
64
108
182
100
592
440
283
560
390
231
189
142
144
122
55
53
100
116
80
129
244
259
175
158
217
267
247
67
33
18
0
4
10
7
4
11
6
8
3
9
5
3
9
4
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
All Other Offenses
2,363
2,014
1,628
2,157
1,821
1,493
1,270
587
437
308
128
101
174
231
266
244