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East Garfield Park: 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
287
October 2025–September 2026
163
Change in monthly mean
-10.33

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.76-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

Suggested 3-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 3-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: 2020-01–2024-06suggested phase 3: 2024-07–2026-09Mar 2019: 4Apr 2019: 2May 2019: 6Jun 2019: 7Jul 2019: 9Aug 2019: 11Sep 2019: 9Oct 2019: 17Nov 2019: 6Dec 2019: 10Jan 2020: 14Feb 2020: 10Mar 2020: 8Apr 2020: 13May 2020: 5Jun 2020: 20Jul 2020: 13Aug 2020: 17Sep 2020: 12Oct 2020: 10Nov 2020: 24Dec 2020: 5Jan 2021: 9Feb 2021: 6Mar 2021: 10Apr 2021: 13May 2021: 12Jun 2021: 9Jul 2021: 15Aug 2021: 19Sep 2021: 15Oct 2021: 11Nov 2021: 19Dec 2021: 7Jan 2022: 18Feb 2022: 11Mar 2022: 43Apr 2022: 5May 2022: 28Jun 2022: 61Jul 2022: 9Aug 2022: 28Sep 2022: 6Oct 2022: 9Nov 2022: 6Dec 2022: 6Jan 2023: 28Feb 2023: 4Mar 2023: 9Apr 2023: 6May 2023: 9Jun 2023: 18Jul 2023: 32Aug 2023: 46Sep 2023: 8Oct 2023: 17Nov 2023: 29Dec 2023: 26Jan 2024: 13Feb 2024: 28Mar 2024: 14Apr 2024: 34May 2024: 6Jun 2024: 10Jul 2024: 34Aug 2024: 44Sep 2024: 28Oct 2024: 42Nov 2024: 20Dec 2024: 29Jan 2025: 19Feb 2025: 24Mar 2025: 32Apr 2025: 15May 2025: 32Jun 2025: 6Jul 2025: 33Aug 2025: 18Sep 2025: 17Oct 2025: 25Nov 2025: 8Dec 2025: 14Jan 2026: 13Feb 2026: 8Mar 2026: 12Apr 2026: 5May 2026: 20Jun 2026: 26Jul 2026: 20Aug 2026: 7Sep 2026: 5ZeroUnknownJan 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 2019×3.61Fitted increase · 2 zeros fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Jan 2020–Jun 2024×1.05Direction uncertain
  3. 3 · Jul 2024–Sep 2026÷1.37Fitted decrease

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Interpretation and limitations (14)
  • 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.
  • At least one factor interval includes 1; its direction is uncertain under this approximation.
  • 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 201912×3.611.957–6.65320.081
2January 2020–June 202454×1.050.9775–1.1190-0.110
3July 2024–September 202627÷1.370.6263–0.84970-0.207

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

Near-optimal boundary range: July 2024–August 2024.

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 20265complete
August 20267complete
July 202620complete
June 202626complete
May 202620complete
April 20265complete
March 202612complete
February 20268complete
January 202613complete
December 202514complete
November 20258complete
October 202525complete
September 202517complete
August 202518complete
July 202533complete
June 20256complete
May 202532complete
April 202515complete
March 202532complete
February 202524complete
January 202519complete
December 202429complete
November 202420complete
October 202442complete
September 202428complete
August 202444complete
July 202434complete
June 202410complete
May 20246complete
April 202434complete
March 202414complete
February 202428complete
January 202413complete
December 202326complete
November 202329complete
October 202317complete
September 20238complete
August 202346complete
July 202332complete
June 202318complete
May 20239complete
April 20236complete
March 20239complete
February 20234complete
January 202328complete
December 20226complete
November 20226complete
October 20229complete
September 20226complete
August 202228complete
July 20229complete
June 202261complete
May 202228complete
April 20225complete
March 202243complete
February 202211complete
January 202218complete
December 20217complete
November 202119complete
October 202111complete
September 202115complete
August 202119complete
July 202115complete
June 20219complete
May 202112complete
April 202113complete
March 202110complete
February 20216complete
January 20219complete
December 20205complete
November 202024complete
October 202010complete
September 202012complete
August 202017complete
July 202013complete
June 202020complete
May 20205complete
April 202013complete
March 20208complete
February 202010complete
January 202014complete
December 201910complete
November 20196complete
October 201917complete
September 20199complete
August 201911complete
July 20199complete
June 20197complete
May 20196complete
April 20192complete
March 20194complete
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-v2:3a56a6bc7e660d1cf4e85aaed4031527
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
29ff56a78ab786f561b3d067c152707f67a639f2495f6ed81a0467c621fd0d8c

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