Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 03/22/2026

Definitions | Limitations

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

  8%

2,283 Cases

All Offenses

  13%

2,013 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  -17%

148 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
952
1,219
1,509
1,989
1,772
1,496
1,322
1,505
1,399
769
350
306
443
394
1,775
2,013
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
1,005
820
1,115
948
766
675
324
243
131
115
74
71
160
68
179
148
Uncategorized Offenses
1,793
2,346
2,493
2,750
3,051
1,076
321
199
140
81
26
82
100
85
159
122
All Offenses
3,750
4,385
5,117
5,687
5,589
3,247
1,967
1,947
1,670
965
451
459
703
547
2,113
2,283

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
481
566
505
453
429
371
320
465
478
614
226
191
296
250
495
381
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
114
84
319
990
791
619
510
677
663
24
14
26
30
43
1,173
1,547
272
467
543
427
438
418
466
327
239
109
96
75
99
90
95
75
80
59
69
50
56
56
20
34
19
22
13
14
18
11
12
8
4
43
73
69
58
32
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
952
1,219
1,509
1,989
1,772
1,496
1,322
1,505
1,399
769
350
306
443
394
1,775
2,013

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
652
634
824
674
537
434
216
159
89
62
20
35
81
40
67
84
212
79
202
166
87
81
63
60
30
53
53
30
76
26
102
59
135
105
84
106
141
158
41
24
11
0
1
6
3
2
9
3
6
2
5
2
1
2
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
All Other Offenses
1,005
820
1,115
948
766
675
324
243
131
115
74
71
160
68
179
148