Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 01/20/2025

Definitions | Limitations

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

  88%

173 Cases

All Offenses

  86%

117 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  5%

20 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
All Property Offenses
231
264
339
543
485
336
317
365
382
188
102
65
123
63
117
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
158
174
222
223
140
166
47
38
29
30
0
25
18
19
20
Uncategorized Offenses
311
438
485
754
653
222
66
22
29
19
5
27
14
10
36
All Offenses
700
876
1,046
1,520
1,278
724
430
425
440
237
107
117
155
92
173

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
153
154
129
106
110
115
77
67
103
151
83
35
85
34
94
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
21
30
46
288
247
103
131
202
208
5
3
4
5
9
8
39
55
137
115
104
96
103
89
64
22
11
23
28
17
14
17
9
20
14
10
14
5
6
7
10
4
3
5
3
1
0
16
7
20
14
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
231
264
339
543
485
336
317
365
382
188
102
65
123
63
117

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
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
106
148
185
165
114
107
34
34
17
6
0
9
12
14
9
20
10
23
38
5
12
7
2
8
24
0
14
5
4
11
29
16
13
19
21
46
4
2
4
0
0
2
1
1
0
3
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
158
174
222
223
140
166
47
38
29
30
0
25
18
19
20