Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 10/06/2025

Definitions | Limitations

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

  96%

8,121 Cases

All Offenses

  102%

6,860 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  19%

521 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
3,779
3,767
5,037
6,396
7,786
6,195
5,777
5,246
5,425
3,558
1,383
1,089
1,149
1,157
3,390
6,860
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
12
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
4,351
3,654
2,947
3,793
3,427
2,707
1,970
1,089
874
634
232
293
391
369
438
521
Uncategorized Offenses
8,012
7,484
8,970
10,350
12,207
12,180
3,000
1,336
869
524
168
244
375
299
308
740
All Offenses
16,142
14,905
16,955
20,539
23,420
21,082
10,748
7,686
7,168
4,728
1,783
1,629
1,915
1,825
4,136
8,121

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
2,062
1,943
2,032
1,837
1,471
1,404
1,311
1,085
1,796
1,854
1,098
675
771
713
1,305
1,607
5
4
2
2
1
1
1
0
6
2
0
2
1
0
8
1
366
398
416
1,822
3,607
2,286
2,019
2,064
2,624
935
30
93
103
105
1,766
4,947
1,025
1,108
2,175
2,264
2,151
2,163
2,172
1,977
879
692
189
276
222
288
263
268
292
248
270
231
206
165
158
85
109
74
66
43
51
51
48
37
29
66
142
240
350
176
116
35
11
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
3,779
3,767
5,037
6,396
7,786
6,195
5,777
5,246
5,425
3,558
1,383
1,089
1,149
1,157
3,390
6,860

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
1
15
0
12
0
3
0
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
12
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
2,727
2,288
2,114
2,425
2,124
1,722
1,286
667
414
293
106
90
128
160
252
250
1,102
897
490
1,072
824
493
332
299
385
307
123
188
241
195
181
216
501
451
331
277
467
484
335
113
68
27
1
15
21
12
5
42
21
18
12
19
12
8
17
10
7
7
2
0
1
2
0
13
All Other Offenses
4,351
3,654
2,947
3,793
3,427
2,707
1,970
1,089
874
634
232
293
391
369
438
521