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East Side: 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 · celeration turn

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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: ×6.54 → ÷1.04 per six months; 6.79× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 231 and 1,690. 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: 8Apr 2019: 4May 2019: 8Jun 2019: 26Jul 2019: 16Aug 2019: 40Sep 2019: 39Oct 2019: 36Nov 2019: 38Dec 2019: 16Jan 2020: 35Feb 2020: 44Mar 2020: 20Apr 2020: 50May 2020: 47Jun 2020: 34Jul 2020: 45Aug 2020: 31Sep 2020: 35Oct 2020: 15Nov 2020: 26Dec 2020: 8Jan 2021: 16Feb 2021: 6Mar 2021: 12Apr 2021: 8May 2021: 38Jun 2021: 31Jul 2021: 8Aug 2021: 31Sep 2021: 20Oct 2021: 7Nov 2021: 22Dec 2021: 14Jan 2022: 25Feb 2022: 11Mar 2022: 12Apr 2022: 16May 2022: 16Jun 2022: 5Jul 2022: 20Aug 2022: 20Sep 2022: 14Oct 2022: 18Nov 2022: 11Dec 2022: 19Jan 2023: 19Feb 2023: 46Mar 2023: 30Apr 2023: 24May 2023: 14Jun 2023: 22Jul 2023: 26Aug 2023: 28Sep 2023: 7Oct 2023: 23Nov 2023: 15Dec 2023: 21Jan 2024: 45Feb 2024: 39Mar 2024: 18Apr 2024: 38May 2024: 31Jun 2024: 19Jul 2024: 16Aug 2024: 29Sep 2024: 9Oct 2024: 20Nov 2024: 2Dec 2024: 18Jan 2025: 5Feb 2025: 19Mar 2025: 34Apr 2025: 14May 2025: 19Jun 2025: 22Jul 2025: 19Aug 2025: 17Sep 2025: 23Oct 2025: 13Nov 2025: 6Dec 2025: 9Jan 2026: 12Feb 2026: 6Mar 2026: 11Apr 2026: 18May 2026: 18Jun 2026: 21Jul 2026: 14Aug 2026: 27Sep 2026: 14ZeroUnknownJan 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 2019×6.54Fitted increase · 2 zeros fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Jan 2020–Sep 2026÷1.04Fitted 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 201912×6.542.759–15.4920.146
2January 2020–September 202681÷1.040.9302–0.997100.139

Near-optimal boundary range: January 2020–March 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 202614complete
August 202627complete
July 202614complete
June 202621complete
May 202618complete
April 202618complete
March 202611complete
February 20266complete
January 202612complete
December 20259complete
November 20256complete
October 202513complete
September 202523complete
August 202517complete
July 202519complete
June 202522complete
May 202519complete
April 202514complete
March 202534complete
February 202519complete
January 20255complete
December 202418complete
November 20242complete
October 202420complete
September 20249complete
August 202429complete
July 202416complete
June 202419complete
May 202431complete
April 202438complete
March 202418complete
February 202439complete
January 202445complete
December 202321complete
November 202315complete
October 202323complete
September 20237complete
August 202328complete
July 202326complete
June 202322complete
May 202314complete
April 202324complete
March 202330complete
February 202346complete
January 202319complete
December 202219complete
November 202211complete
October 202218complete
September 202214complete
August 202220complete
July 202220complete
June 20225complete
May 202216complete
April 202216complete
March 202212complete
February 202211complete
January 202225complete
December 202114complete
November 202122complete
October 20217complete
September 202120complete
August 202131complete
July 20218complete
June 202131complete
May 202138complete
April 20218complete
March 202112complete
February 20216complete
January 202116complete
December 20208complete
November 202026complete
October 202015complete
September 202035complete
August 202031complete
July 202045complete
June 202034complete
May 202047complete
April 202050complete
March 202020complete
February 202044complete
January 202035complete
December 201916complete
November 201938complete
October 201936complete
September 201939complete
August 201940complete
July 201916complete
June 201926complete
May 20198complete
April 20194complete
March 20198complete
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-v2:99db29c0bd4752f488972d939e747c19
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
7f921446f55de0203a379681c6ca87faedcc738f2ee39dafc07ddd7926b57ccb

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