Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 08/15/2025

Definitions | Limitations

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

  140%

6,759 Cases

All Offenses

  166%

5,828 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  6%

377 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
3,146
3,078
3,975
4,923
6,355
5,251
4,601
4,308
4,379
3,045
1,189
875
930
945
2,193
5,828
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
11
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
3,429
2,967
2,342
2,901
2,674
2,106
1,616
822
577
397
149
158
219
283
357
377
Uncategorized Offenses
6,585
6,029
7,192
7,994
9,713
10,560
2,663
1,014
725
432
142
198
318
226
263
554
All Offenses
13,160
12,074
13,510
15,818
18,742
17,917
8,880
6,159
5,681
3,885
1,480
1,234
1,467
1,454
2,813
6,759

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
1,679
1,587
1,627
1,489
1,187
1,161
1,078
888
1,466
1,491
956
551
616
587
985
1,289
4
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
6
1
0
2
1
0
5
1
305
301
270
1,272
2,861
1,983
1,608
1,521
2,088
928
28
68
85
80
950
4,280
887
923
1,765
1,788
1,835
1,814
1,688
1,798
725
568
150
222
186
236
216
226
245
214
216
184
178
144
132
71
86
56
55
32
42
42
37
32
26
51
97
189
293
149
94
30
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
3,146
3,078
3,975
4,923
6,355
5,251
4,601
4,308
4,379
3,045
1,189
875
930
945
2,193
5,828

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
2,242
1,907
1,716
1,962
1,770
1,403
1,072
538
351
238
92
75
91
134
218
176
768
668
354
703
533
295
230
179
171
134
56
71
110
138
134
153
407
382
260
223
361
405
302
95
51
20
0
12
17
9
5
36
12
10
12
13
10
3
12
10
4
5
1
0
1
2
0
12
All Other Offenses
3,429
2,967
2,342
2,901
2,674
2,106
1,616
822
577
397
149
158
219
283
357
377