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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
62
October 2025–September 2026
131
Change in monthly mean
+5.75

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 2.11-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

No clear change in celeration under this rule. This does not mean counts were constant.

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. No clear change in celeration under this rule. This does not mean counts were constant. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2026-09Mar 2019: 2Apr 2019: 2May 2019: 1Jun 2019: 5Jul 2019: 3Aug 2019: 6Sep 2019: 4Oct 2019: 5Nov 2019: 6Dec 2019: 2Jan 2020: 8Feb 2020: 9Mar 2020: 2Apr 2020: 1May 2020: 1Jun 2020: 13Jul 2020: 14Aug 2020: 1Sep 2020: 4Nov 2020: 4Dec 2020: 18Jan 2021: 4Mar 2021: 2May 2021: 4Jun 2021: 1Aug 2021: 1Sep 2021: 2Oct 2021: 16Nov 2021: 26Dec 2021: 10Jan 2022: 2Feb 2022: 6Mar 2022: 23Apr 2022: 14May 2022: 4Jun 2022: 8Jul 2022: 12Aug 2022: 15Sep 2022: 4Oct 2022: 3Nov 2022: 25Dec 2022: 1Jan 2023: 3Feb 2023: 3Mar 2023: 18Apr 2023: 12May 2023: 19Jun 2023: 9Jul 2023: 14Aug 2023: 14Sep 2023: 11Oct 2023: 1Nov 2023: 2Dec 2023: 3Jan 2024: 11Feb 2024: 4Mar 2024: 6Apr 2024: 3May 2024: 2Jun 2024: 2Jul 2024: 22Aug 2024: 1Sep 2024: 4Oct 2024: 3Nov 2024: 8Dec 2024: 3Feb 2025: 1Mar 2025: 6Apr 2025: 4May 2025: 4Jun 2025: 10Jul 2025: 4Aug 2025: 10Sep 2025: 9Oct 2025: 12Nov 2025: 6Dec 2025: 4Jan 2026: 11Feb 2026: 20Mar 2026: 24Apr 2026: 16May 2026: 6Jun 2026: 3Jul 2026: 8Aug 2026: 8Sep 2026: 13ZeroUnknownJan 2019: zero requests; not connectedFeb 2019: zero requests; not connectedOct 2020: zero requests; not connectedFeb 2021: zero requests; not connectedApr 2021: zero requests; not connectedJul 2021: zero requests; not connectedJan 2025: 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

Suggested trend · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Sep 2026×1.07Fitted increase · 7 zeros fitted as 1

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Interpretation and limitations (11)
  • 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.
  • 7 confirmed zeros fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • 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 202693×1.071.024–1.12170.277
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 202613complete
August 20268complete
July 20268complete
June 20263complete
May 20266complete
April 202616complete
March 202624complete
February 202620complete
January 202611complete
December 20254complete
November 20256complete
October 202512complete
September 20259complete
August 202510complete
July 20254complete
June 202510complete
May 20254complete
April 20254complete
March 20256complete
February 20251complete
January 20250complete
December 20243complete
November 20248complete
October 20243complete
September 20244complete
August 20241complete
July 202422complete
June 20242complete
May 20242complete
April 20243complete
March 20246complete
February 20244complete
January 202411complete
December 20233complete
November 20232complete
October 20231complete
September 202311complete
August 202314complete
July 202314complete
June 20239complete
May 202319complete
April 202312complete
March 202318complete
February 20233complete
January 20233complete
December 20221complete
November 202225complete
October 20223complete
September 20224complete
August 202215complete
July 202212complete
June 20228complete
May 20224complete
April 202214complete
March 202223complete
February 20226complete
January 20222complete
December 202110complete
November 202126complete
October 202116complete
September 20212complete
August 20211complete
July 20210complete
June 20211complete
May 20214complete
April 20210complete
March 20212complete
February 20210complete
January 20214complete
December 202018complete
November 20204complete
October 20200complete
September 20204complete
August 20201complete
July 202014complete
June 202013complete
May 20201complete
April 20201complete
March 20202complete
February 20209complete
January 20208complete
December 20192complete
November 20196complete
October 20195complete
September 20194complete
August 20196complete
July 20193complete
June 20195complete
May 20191complete
April 20192complete
March 20192complete
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-v2:31d92b653e3b8061ff73f6893330b6ec
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
558d038f1049641233e5fe18c248b3c1627437f7f0535d8da4376aab6deb7e13

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