Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 09/16/2025

Definitions | Limitations

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

  105%

7,505 Cases

All Offenses

  115%

6,378 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  10%

449 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
3,558
3,525
4,609
5,840
7,209
5,889
5,393
4,874
5,026
3,351
1,304
1,001
1,066
1,063
2,962
6,378
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
11
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
3,982
3,331
2,724
3,518
3,188
2,548
1,838
1,026
795
598
227
255
347
338
410
449
Uncategorized Offenses
7,537
7,009
8,229
9,468
11,278
11,725
2,892
1,246
805
492
155
222
360
253
297
678
All Offenses
15,077
13,865
15,563
18,826
21,675
20,162
10,123
7,161
6,626
4,452
1,686
1,481
1,773
1,654
3,669
7,505

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
1,928
1,798
1,874
1,707
1,361
1,328
1,225
1,007
1,677
1,694
1,044
621
710
656
1,201
1,471
5
4
2
2
1
1
1
0
6
2
0
2
1
0
8
1
339
379
357
1,631
3,304
2,192
1,864
1,837
2,422
933
29
87
98
93
1,461
4,628
977
1,050
2,016
2,068
2,028
2,044
2,049
1,919
813
655
169
253
211
266
249
244
280
235
246
216
196
159
147
78
97
66
62
38
46
48
43
34
29
59
114
216
319
165
107
33
11
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
3,558
3,525
4,609
5,840
7,209
5,889
5,393
4,874
5,026
3,351
1,304
1,001
1,066
1,063
2,962
6,378

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
0
15
0
11
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
11
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
2,550
2,142
1,946
2,235
1,973
1,616
1,219
616
390
269
102
85
114
153
236
214
946
758
458
1,010
767
464
285
290
343
297
122
156
211
172
169
183
469
419
308
254
438
463
322
110
58
25
1
14
21
11
5
40
17
12
12
19
10
5
12
10
4
7
2
0
1
2
0
12
All Other Offenses
3,982
3,331
2,724
3,518
3,188
2,548
1,838
1,026
795
598
227
255
347
338
410
449