Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 08/11/2026

Definitions | Limitations

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

  11%

7,608 Cases

All Offenses

  7%

6,322 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  33%

507 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
3,023
3,895
4,780
6,248
5,200
4,512
4,253
4,306
3,005
1,182
862
921
937
2,058
5,918
6,322
All Drug Offenses
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
11
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
2,940
2,319
2,878
2,616
2,075
1,602
816
570
392
149
147
218
280
354
380
507
Uncategorized Offenses
5,854
7,082
7,804
9,502
10,368
2,640
995
708
423
142
191
322
243
260
548
779
All Offenses
11,817
13,297
15,462
18,366
17,643
8,754
6,079
5,584
3,831
1,473
1,203
1,461
1,460
2,672
6,846
7,608

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
1,560
1,599
1,458
1,160
1,146
1,067
873
1,437
1,460
951
541
609
585
964
1,333
1,237
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
6
0
0
2
1
0
5
1
5
293
265
1,223
2,816
1,968
1,590
1,496
2,058
928
28
67
87
80
841
4,319
4,795
906
1,726
1,738
1,806
1,796
1,632
1,786
714
561
148
220
182
230
213
232
259
213
209
180
178
144
130
68
83
55
55
32
42
42
35
33
26
49
96
180
287
146
92
30
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
3,023
3,895
4,780
6,248
5,200
4,512
4,253
4,306
3,005
1,182
862
921
937
2,058
5,918
6,322

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
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
11
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
0
11
0
3
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
1,886
1,700
1,944
1,750
1,388
1,062
534
348
236
92
73
90
131
215
181
293
665
353
700
508
286
228
177
170
131
56
64
110
138
134
153
167
379
255
221
348
398
300
95
48
20
0
10
17
9
5
34
44
10
11
13
10
3
12
10
4
5
1
0
1
2
0
12
3
All Other Offenses
2,940
2,319
2,878
2,616
2,075
1,602
816
570
392
149
147
218
280
354
380
507