Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 05/02/2024

Definitions | Limitations

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

  0%

924 Cases

All Offenses

  -2%

564 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  3%

231 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
1,651
1,554
1,936
2,429
3,239
2,736
2,389
2,075
2,304
1,998
795
455
472
574
564
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
1,812
1,609
1,378
1,831
1,549
1,278
1,073
513
363
263
121
84
150
224
231
Uncategorized Offenses
3,092
2,901
3,619
4,081
4,770
5,357
1,659
512
324
262
95
73
137
126
129
All Offenses
6,555
6,064
6,933
8,341
9,558
9,371
5,121
3,100
2,991
2,523
1,011
615
759
924
924

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
863
744
839
797
643
640
609
460
779
755
629
283
301
372
378
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
192
157
131
537
1,459
1,135
828
760
1,034
870
24
24
40
39
50
450
500
792
868
888
791
836
807
436
347
114
130
104
140
124
127
130
109
100
98
92
72
34
51
26
28
17
27
23
12
18
21
65
127
151
78
44
14
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
1,651
1,554
1,936
2,429
3,239
2,736
2,389
2,075
2,304
1,998
795
455
472
574
564

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
3
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
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
1,251
1,078
992
1,204
1,022
845
673
320
218
140
68
29
48
102
163
358
317
239
494
338
209
176
129
114
104
53
53
94
116
65
201
206
145
126
185
221
216
60
31
16
0
2
8
6
3
2
8
2
7
4
3
8
4
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
1,812
1,609
1,378
1,831
1,549
1,278
1,073
513
363
263
121
84
150
224
231