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Chicago Lawn: All categories · 06:00–12:00 — Graffiti requests

All categories · 06:00–12:00

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

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12-month frequency comparison

October 2024–September 2025
482
October 2025–September 2026
293
Change in monthly mean
-15.75

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.65-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.

Celeration turns: changes between fitted phases

A factor describes a standardized six-month multiplier, not a count. These turns passed the scan’s volume and magnitude gates; phase selection remains exploratory.

  • Suggested boundary January 2020: ×7.27 → ÷1.06 per six months; 7.68× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 433 and 3,789. The fitted slope signs reverse.

Saved observations and fitted phases

Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed.

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. Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2019-12suggested phase 2: 2020-01–2026-09Mar 2019: 27Apr 2019: 14May 2019: 33Jun 2019: 36Jul 2019: 44Aug 2019: 43Sep 2019: 42Oct 2019: 75Nov 2019: 71Dec 2019: 48Jan 2020: 36Feb 2020: 74Mar 2020: 59Apr 2020: 38May 2020: 26Jun 2020: 49Jul 2020: 60Aug 2020: 47Sep 2020: 81Oct 2020: 51Nov 2020: 56Dec 2020: 51Jan 2021: 46Feb 2021: 47Mar 2021: 62Apr 2021: 67May 2021: 58Jun 2021: 58Jul 2021: 72Aug 2021: 92Sep 2021: 90Oct 2021: 40Nov 2021: 32Dec 2021: 20Jan 2022: 73Feb 2022: 48Mar 2022: 61Apr 2022: 28May 2022: 26Jun 2022: 51Jul 2022: 80Aug 2022: 16Sep 2022: 37Oct 2022: 25Nov 2022: 28Dec 2022: 49Jan 2023: 42Feb 2023: 65Mar 2023: 62Apr 2023: 74May 2023: 73Jun 2023: 54Jul 2023: 63Aug 2023: 42Sep 2023: 27Oct 2023: 59Nov 2023: 101Dec 2023: 60Jan 2024: 79Feb 2024: 30Mar 2024: 58Apr 2024: 46May 2024: 84Jun 2024: 45Jul 2024: 49Aug 2024: 45Sep 2024: 22Oct 2024: 55Nov 2024: 36Dec 2024: 40Jan 2025: 39Feb 2025: 40Mar 2025: 37Apr 2025: 49May 2025: 28Jun 2025: 64Jul 2025: 31Aug 2025: 32Sep 2025: 31Oct 2025: 28Nov 2025: 42Dec 2025: 14Jan 2026: 19Feb 2026: 11Mar 2026: 21Apr 2026: 20May 2026: 34Jun 2026: 33Jul 2026: 25Aug 2026: 29Sep 2026: 17ZeroUnknownJan 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

Suggested phases · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Dec 2019×7.27Fitted increase · 2 zeros fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Jan 2020–Sep 2026÷1.06Fitted decrease

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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.
  • Boundary ranges show near-optimal models within 2 BIC units, not confidence intervals. They can be narrow even when the model is uncertain.
  • A phase is at the minimum allowed length; its boundary may be sensitive to that search limit.
  • 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–December 201912×7.272.527–20.9420.230
2January 2020–September 202681÷1.060.9244–0.971200.266

Near-optimal boundary range: January 2020–January 2020.

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 202617complete
August 202629complete
July 202625complete
June 202633complete
May 202634complete
April 202620complete
March 202621complete
February 202611complete
January 202619complete
December 202514complete
November 202542complete
October 202528complete
September 202531complete
August 202532complete
July 202531complete
June 202564complete
May 202528complete
April 202549complete
March 202537complete
February 202540complete
January 202539complete
December 202440complete
November 202436complete
October 202455complete
September 202422complete
August 202445complete
July 202449complete
June 202445complete
May 202484complete
April 202446complete
March 202458complete
February 202430complete
January 202479complete
December 202360complete
November 2023101complete
October 202359complete
September 202327complete
August 202342complete
July 202363complete
June 202354complete
May 202373complete
April 202374complete
March 202362complete
February 202365complete
January 202342complete
December 202249complete
November 202228complete
October 202225complete
September 202237complete
August 202216complete
July 202280complete
June 202251complete
May 202226complete
April 202228complete
March 202261complete
February 202248complete
January 202273complete
December 202120complete
November 202132complete
October 202140complete
September 202190complete
August 202192complete
July 202172complete
June 202158complete
May 202158complete
April 202167complete
March 202162complete
February 202147complete
January 202146complete
December 202051complete
November 202056complete
October 202051complete
September 202081complete
August 202047complete
July 202060complete
June 202049complete
May 202026complete
April 202038complete
March 202059complete
February 202074complete
January 202036complete
December 201948complete
November 201971complete
October 201975complete
September 201942complete
August 201943complete
July 201944complete
June 201936complete
May 201933complete
April 201914complete
March 201927complete
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-v2:2810b904796aad2e46ff15f3464b7ba7
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
3d17250e84531944e5cbb447363b675ee89161c8e72fecf1db29b43aa81e65c0

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