Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 03/07/2026

Definitions | Limitations

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

  34%

1,762 Cases

All Offenses

  48%

1,545 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  -19%

124 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
2024 YTD
2025 YTD
2026 YTD
All Property Offenses
737
986
1,198
1,560
1,455
1,228
1,077
1,205
1,205
695
303
262
366
315
1,043
1,545
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
725
670
798
728
551
515
250
167
101
93
17
55
144
53
154
124
Uncategorized Offenses
1,350
1,838
1,871
2,176
2,426
835
262
155
101
66
16
71
77
44
120
93
All Offenses
2,812
3,494
3,867
4,464
4,432
2,578
1,589
1,527
1,407
854
337
388
587
412
1,317
1,762

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
2024 YTD
2025 YTD
2026 YTD
390
477
419
347
351
315
264
356
382
556
201
160
243
197
411
304
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
103
71
224
792
666
502
420
555
619
22
10
22
25
35
544
1,174
181
359
440
338
347
341
369
266
189
96
80
68
84
72
81
61
59
42
59
33
44
48
20
26
15
21
11
12
14
11
7
4
3
37
56
50
47
22
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
737
986
1,198
1,560
1,455
1,228
1,077
1,205
1,205
695
303
262
366
315
1,043
1,545

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
2024 YTD
2025 YTD
2026 YTD
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
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
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
2026 YTD
482
538
648
528
404
347
176
129
74
46
15
33
73
36
55
61
132
45
81
118
34
39
40
21
16
47
1
17
68
16
91
59
107
86
64
80
112
128
30
17
11
0
1
5
3
1
7
2
4
1
5
2
1
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
All Other Offenses
725
670
798
728
551
515
250
167
101
93
17
55
144
53
154
124