Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 03/26/2024

Definitions | Limitations

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

  -26%

534 Cases

All Offenses

  -16%

383 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  -58%

69 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
All Property Offenses
1,039
1,047
1,287
1,577
2,091
1,860
1,575
1,395
1,552
1,462
769
357
319
455
383
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
1,020
1,096
857
1,157
982
796
732
348
251
151
115
74
75
163
69
Uncategorized Offenses
2,024
1,937
2,459
2,632
2,864
3,226
1,158
337
217
153
83
28
90
103
82
All Offenses
4,083
4,080
4,603
5,366
5,937
5,882
3,465
2,080
2,020
1,766
967
460
484
721
534

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
545
511
600
524
476
448
399
327
491
504
614
232
204
302
245
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
138
118
86
340
1,030
834
633
542
694
683
24
14
23
30
39
245
326
487
565
450
456
453
497
331
253
109
97
75
103
89
95
81
62
71
56
58
57
21
34
22
22
13
17
20
10
15
10
52
77
79
64
33
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
1,039
1,047
1,287
1,577
2,091
1,860
1,575
1,395
1,552
1,462
769
357
319
455
383

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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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
778
712
665
856
704
560
450
235
165
93
62
20
35
83
41
96
229
81
208
166
88
115
66
61
45
53
53
32
76
26
144
149
109
88
110
147
165
43
25
12
0
1
8
4
2
2
6
2
5
2
1
2
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
1,020
1,096
857
1,157
982
796
732
348
251
151
115
74
75
163
69