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Ashburn: All categories · 12:00–18:00 — Graffiti requests

All categories · 12:00–18:00

City source retrieved November 6, 2026 · scan evaluated November 9, 2026 · frequency change

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12-month frequency comparison

October 2024–September 2025
454
October 2025–September 2026
293
Change in monthly mean
-13.42

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.55-fold. These are published requests, not a population-adjusted rate. Fixed windows do not establish a breakpoint, remove all seasonal effects or prove a renewal explanation.

Saved observations and fitted phases

Phase suggestions withheld: serial pattern remains in the candidate fits. Manual boundaries can explore, not confirm, a change.

Fixed six-log-cycle frame · 120 calendar months · factors per six months. Raw zeros stay zero; confirmed zeros become one only for log-space fitting and diagnostics. Missing coverage remains unavailable.

Monthly graffiti removal requests on a standard celeration chartCity of Chicago published records. Fixed six-decade count scale, 120 calendar months, celeration per 6 months. Zero markers are unconnected below the plot. Exact counts and coverage are available in the data table. Analyze: suggested. Phase suggestions withheld: serial pattern remains in the candidate fits. Manual boundaries can explore, not confirm, a change. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthSingle-trend reference: 2019-01–2026-09Mar 2019: 10Apr 2019: 5May 2019: 16Jun 2019: 38Jul 2019: 20Aug 2019: 22Sep 2019: 31Oct 2019: 57Nov 2019: 30Dec 2019: 13Jan 2020: 36Feb 2020: 27Mar 2020: 24Apr 2020: 18May 2020: 13Jun 2020: 24Jul 2020: 18Aug 2020: 6Sep 2020: 48Oct 2020: 17Nov 2020: 22Dec 2020: 21Jan 2021: 16Feb 2021: 3Mar 2021: 25Apr 2021: 17May 2021: 9Jun 2021: 20Jul 2021: 9Aug 2021: 19Sep 2021: 15Oct 2021: 19Nov 2021: 27Dec 2021: 9Jan 2022: 18Feb 2022: 66Mar 2022: 70Apr 2022: 42May 2022: 40Jun 2022: 29Jul 2022: 42Aug 2022: 50Sep 2022: 41Oct 2022: 52Nov 2022: 27Dec 2022: 35Jan 2023: 15Feb 2023: 18Mar 2023: 28Apr 2023: 29May 2023: 30Jun 2023: 26Jul 2023: 45Aug 2023: 45Sep 2023: 47Oct 2023: 29Nov 2023: 46Dec 2023: 26Jan 2024: 12Feb 2024: 20Mar 2024: 23Apr 2024: 38May 2024: 43Jun 2024: 34Jul 2024: 47Aug 2024: 37Sep 2024: 23Oct 2024: 11Nov 2024: 80Dec 2024: 62Jan 2025: 51Feb 2025: 37Mar 2025: 29Apr 2025: 19May 2025: 37Jun 2025: 20Jul 2025: 26Aug 2025: 40Sep 2025: 42Oct 2025: 42Nov 2025: 46Dec 2025: 41Jan 2026: 27Feb 2026: 18Mar 2026: 18Apr 2026: 14May 2026: 5Jun 2026: 13Jul 2026: 18Aug 2026: 29Sep 2026: 22ZeroUnknownJan 2019: zero requests; not connectedFeb 2019: zero requests; not connected?Oct 2016: missing?Nov 2016: missing?Dec 2016: missing?Jan 2017: missing?Feb 2017: missing?Mar 2017: missing?Apr 2017: missing?May 2017: missing?Jun 2017: missing?Jul 2017: missing?Aug 2017: missing?Sep 2017: missing?Oct 2017: missing?Nov 2017: missing?Dec 2017: missing?Jan 2018: missing?Feb 2018: missing?Mar 2018: missing?Apr 2018: missing?May 2018: missing?Jun 2018: missing?Jul 2018: missing?Aug 2018: missing?Sep 2018: missing?Oct 2018: missing?Nov 2018: missing?Dec 2018: missingOct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026Calendar months

Single-trend reference · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Sep 2026×1.06Direction uncertain (serial pattern) · 2 zeros fitted as 1

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Interpretation and limitations (13)
  • Exploratory description, not a forecast, causal explanation or proof of a change.
  • Approximate 95% factor intervals assume independent, constant-variance log residuals and fixed boundaries. They do not account for boundary search, serial dependence or source revisions.
  • Confirmed zeros are treated as 1 only for fitting and its diagnostics. Raw counts stay zero; low-count results depend on this convention.
  • Independent phase lines may jump at boundaries. Every observation belongs to exactly one phase.
  • Reporting, classifications and seasonality can change. Counts are not population-adjusted; a level shift without a slope change is not the target of this search.
  • Uses dated last-good cached data, not newly verified source counts.
  • 2 confirmed zeros fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • The best candidate failed the residual-independence diagnostic. A single-trend reference is shown instead; this does not establish a stable trend.
  • Serial pattern in residuals: independence is doubtful; the reported intervals may be too narrow. Seasonality is not modeled.
  • 311 status is its value at retrieval, not at request creation. Newer cohorts have had less time to close; Open/Canceled comparisons can reflect workflow or cohort age rather than changing request volume.
  • Current-system 311 coverage starts in 2019. Early phases may reflect adoption/reporting ramp-up; request counts are not completed work or incident prevalence.
  • Many dependent filter conditions were searched. No multiple-testing-adjusted significance or causal attribution is claimed.
  • Frequency compares fixed equal-length windows of raw counts, not population risk or a celeration-factor ratio. Reporting, classifications and exposure may have changed.
Phase diagnostics

Intervals assume fixed boundaries and independent log residuals. They are not adjusted for the phase or filter search. Near-optimal boundary ranges are not confidence intervals.

Saved phase results
PhaseStart–endMonthsFactor / six monthsConditional 95% intervalZeros fitted as 1Lag-one residual
1January 2019–September 202693×1.061.020–1.09320.452
Exact monthly observations (120 slots)

Newest first. Unknown coverage is not a zero. These are the original saved observations, not fitted or rounded predictions.

Raw monthly requests
MonthRaw countCoverage
September 202622complete
August 202629complete
July 202618complete
June 202613complete
May 20265complete
April 202614complete
March 202618complete
February 202618complete
January 202627complete
December 202541complete
November 202546complete
October 202542complete
September 202542complete
August 202540complete
July 202526complete
June 202520complete
May 202537complete
April 202519complete
March 202529complete
February 202537complete
January 202551complete
December 202462complete
November 202480complete
October 202411complete
September 202423complete
August 202437complete
July 202447complete
June 202434complete
May 202443complete
April 202438complete
March 202423complete
February 202420complete
January 202412complete
December 202326complete
November 202346complete
October 202329complete
September 202347complete
August 202345complete
July 202345complete
June 202326complete
May 202330complete
April 202329complete
March 202328complete
February 202318complete
January 202315complete
December 202235complete
November 202227complete
October 202252complete
September 202241complete
August 202250complete
July 202242complete
June 202229complete
May 202240complete
April 202242complete
March 202270complete
February 202266complete
January 202218complete
December 20219complete
November 202127complete
October 202119complete
September 202115complete
August 202119complete
July 20219complete
June 202120complete
May 20219complete
April 202117complete
March 202125complete
February 20213complete
January 202116complete
December 202021complete
November 202022complete
October 202017complete
September 202048complete
August 20206complete
July 202018complete
June 202024complete
May 202013complete
April 202018complete
March 202024complete
February 202027complete
January 202036complete
December 201913complete
November 201930complete
October 201957complete
September 201931complete
August 201922complete
July 201920complete
June 201938complete
May 201916complete
April 20195complete
March 201910complete
February 20190complete
January 20190complete
December 2018Unavailablemissing
November 2018Unavailablemissing
October 2018Unavailablemissing
September 2018Unavailablemissing
August 2018Unavailablemissing
July 2018Unavailablemissing
June 2018Unavailablemissing
May 2018Unavailablemissing
April 2018Unavailablemissing
March 2018Unavailablemissing
February 2018Unavailablemissing
January 2018Unavailablemissing
December 2017Unavailablemissing
November 2017Unavailablemissing
October 2017Unavailablemissing
September 2017Unavailablemissing
August 2017Unavailablemissing
July 2017Unavailablemissing
June 2017Unavailablemissing
May 2017Unavailablemissing
April 2017Unavailablemissing
March 2017Unavailablemissing
February 2017Unavailablemissing
January 2017Unavailablemissing
December 2016Unavailablemissing
November 2016Unavailablemissing
October 2016Unavailablemissing
Source and reproducibility
Publisher dataset
311 Service Requests · City of Chicago
Source retrieved
2026-11-06T12:10:53.153Z
Publisher update
2026-11-06T11:22:56.000Z
Covered months
January 2019–September 2026
Source note
Source v6vf-nfxy. Joint day/category/hour/applicable-flag/ward/status counts; no addresses, coordinates or incident identifiers. Each year's cells reconcile with an independent source total. Reads are not an atomic publisher snapshot. Current 311 system only, legacy_record=false; includes duplicate requests, not completed work. Status is as currently published, grouped by creation date—not historical status or completion date. Prepared daily community-area snapshot; scheduled rebuild at 06:00 America/Chicago. Full supported history is rechecked for corrections. Retrieval timestamps are preserved; this is not a real-time feed. Local indexed neighborhood snapshot. Totals are for the loaded area before other filters, not citywide totals. Citywide and unassigned-area views use a separate network-backed scope.
Snapshot
daily-v1:f761b44d-f9db-4d57-b536-48aea9b60f93:neighborhood-v2:48a18f2fc692b20f63935299d23494bc
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
248b12108e5c3348b676cf8b56bf5bbe6817c54b89ab24f594d31115adf67ad2

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