Summary Offense Charges

Year to Date Through 03/30/2025

Definitions | Limitations

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

  45%

975 Cases

All Offenses

  49%

619 Cases

Property Offenses

  0%

0 Cases

Drug Offenses

  -5%

158 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
1,096
1,106
1,348
1,695
2,189
1,923
1,643
1,465
1,613
1,517
772
367
336
462
416
619
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
All Other Offenses
1,064
1,127
897
1,206
1,048
835
757
359
260
168
117
75
75
163
166
158
Uncategorized Offenses
2,078
2,001
2,570
2,800
3,022
3,396
1,223
347
233
168
85
32
93
106
90
198
All Offenses
4,238
4,234
4,815
5,701
6,259
6,154
3,623
2,171
2,106
1,853
974
475
504
731
672
975

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
583
540
616
555
489
463
416
343
515
534
616
236
214
308
267
465
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
139
121
86
376
1,078
860
653
570
718
698
24
15
25
30
43
50
263
350
521
606
474
475
479
522
341
263
110
102
79
104
96
92
95
84
69
76
63
60
60
22
37
22
22
13
18
20
10
11
15
10
56
82
85
65
35
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
1,096
1,106
1,348
1,695
2,189
1,923
1,643
1,465
1,613
1,517
772
367
336
462
416
619

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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
All Drug Offenses
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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
816
735
699
881
733
590
472
244
173
101
64
21
35
83
112
52
98
231
85
225
192
89
116
66
62
54
53
53
32
76
52
96
148
155
111
95
121
155
167
45
25
12
0
1
8
4
2
9
2
6
2
5
2
1
2
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
All Other Offenses
1,064
1,127
897
1,206
1,048
835
757
359
260
168
117
75
75
163
166
158