Summary Offense Charges

Year End 12/31/2022

Definitions | Limitations

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

  15%

2,512 Cases

All Offenses

  17%

1,660 Cases

Property Offenses

  -100%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  6%

465 Cases

Other Offenses

All Offenses

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
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 Opened by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Summary Cases Opened by Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
All Property Offenses
4,827
6,516
8,683
10,065
7,783
7,317
6,804
7,100
4,387
1,678
1,418
1,660
All Drug Offenses
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
0
3
0
All Other Offenses
4,426
3,838
4,862
4,275
3,525
2,313
1,450
1,182
829
288
439
465
Uncategorized Offenses
9,109
11,295
13,516
15,409
14,007
3,400
1,557
1,053
613
189
322
387
All Offenses
18,362
21,650
27,061
29,749
25,315
13,031
9,826
9,335
5,843
2,155
2,182
2,512

Property

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
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 Opened by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Summary Cases Opened by Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2,576
2,652
2,347
1,993
1,799
1,682
1,393
2,350
2,471
1,312
877
1,133
4
2
2
1
1
2
0
9
2
0
4
1
484
609
2,942
4,730
2,757
2,557
2,901
3,482
951
35
130
129
1,332
2,710
2,747
2,648
2,795
2,762
2,351
1,115
860
253
342
330
326
348
302
272
212
189
114
132
102
78
65
65
105
195
343
421
219
125
45
12
1
0
0
2
All Property Offenses
4,827
6,516
8,683
10,065
7,783
7,317
6,804
7,100
4,387
1,678
1,418
1,660

Drugs

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
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 Opened by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Summary Cases Opened by Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
0
3
0
All Drug Offenses
0
1
0
0
0
1
15
0
14
0
3
0

Other

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
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 Opened by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Summary Cases Opened by Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2,851
2,792
3,165
2,696
2,255
1,541
851
600
379
124
122
160
1,027
629
1,290
972
629
369
448
489
413
161
296
281
530
401
387
592
615
386
140
86
30
1
18
22
18
16
20
15
26
17
11
7
7
2
3
2
All Other Offenses
4,426
3,838
4,862
4,275
3,525
2,313
1,450
1,182
829
288
439
465