Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 10/02/2023

Definitions | Limitations

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

  -7%

1,723 Cases

All Offenses

  -1%

1,114 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  -13%

339 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
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
All Property Offenses
3,731
4,951
6,267
7,677
6,131
5,684
5,167
5,347
3,524
1,368
1,066
1,125
1,114
All Drug Offenses
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
12
0
3
0
0
All Other Offenses
3,625
2,898
3,731
3,390
2,677
1,957
1,080
865
623
231
285
390
339
Uncategorized Offenses
7,408
8,760
10,127
12,047
12,059
2,969
1,318
855
516
157
227
343
270
All Offenses
14,764
16,610
20,125
23,114
20,867
10,610
7,580
7,067
4,675
1,756
1,581
1,858
1,723

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
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
1,924
2,000
1,816
1,446
1,390
1,294
1,068
1,780
1,831
1,092
656
759
696
4
2
2
1
1
1
0
6
2
0
2
1
0
395
402
1,773
3,548
2,270
1,976
2,016
2,581
935
28
92
98
99
1,096
2,150
2,215
2,128
2,131
2,140
1,963
863
683
184
273
218
270
248
259
226
204
165
157
85
106
72
64
43
48
49
64
138
235
350
174
116
35
11
1
0
0
1
0
All Property Offenses
3,731
4,951
6,267
7,677
6,131
5,684
5,167
5,347
3,524
1,368
1,066
1,125
1,114

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
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
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
12
0
3
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
12
0
3
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
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
2,273
2,080
2,386
2,101
1,699
1,277
659
409
291
105
87
127
153
893
480
1,057
816
491
332
298
383
299
123
183
241
174
444
326
269
461
482
334
113
66
26
1
15
21
10
15
12
19
12
5
14
10
7
7
2
0
1
2
All Other Offenses
3,625
2,898
3,731
3,390
2,677
1,957
1,080
865
623
231
285
390
339