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Lake View: All categories · 00:00–06:00 — Graffiti requests

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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
69
October 2025–September 2026
417
Change in monthly mean
+29

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 6.04-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: 2019-01–2021-04suggested phase 2: 2021-05–2024-02suggested phase 3: 2024-03–2026-09Mar 2019: 4Apr 2019: 1May 2019: 13Jul 2019: 9Aug 2019: 6Sep 2019: 4Oct 2019: 1Nov 2019: 2Dec 2019: 2Jan 2020: 3Feb 2020: 6Mar 2020: 12Apr 2020: 16May 2020: 1Jun 2020: 5Jul 2020: 6Aug 2020: 3Sep 2020: 10Oct 2020: 11Nov 2020: 2Dec 2020: 1Jan 2021: 22Feb 2021: 26Mar 2021: 7Apr 2021: 12May 2021: 3Jun 2021: 10Jul 2021: 1Aug 2021: 6Sep 2021: 4Oct 2021: 2Nov 2021: 2Dec 2021: 4Jan 2022: 8Feb 2022: 3Mar 2022: 1Apr 2022: 6Jun 2022: 2Jul 2022: 3Aug 2022: 4Sep 2022: 1Oct 2022: 1Nov 2022: 1Dec 2022: 4Jan 2023: 3Feb 2023: 4Mar 2023: 2Apr 2023: 1May 2023: 3Aug 2023: 10Oct 2023: 2Nov 2023: 2Dec 2023: 1Jan 2024: 1Mar 2024: 6Apr 2024: 3May 2024: 6Jun 2024: 7Aug 2024: 7Sep 2024: 10Oct 2024: 3Nov 2024: 4Dec 2024: 1Jan 2025: 10Feb 2025: 4Mar 2025: 6Apr 2025: 6May 2025: 12Jun 2025: 8Jul 2025: 2Aug 2025: 7Sep 2025: 6Oct 2025: 59Nov 2025: 57Dec 2025: 18Jan 2026: 56Feb 2026: 27Mar 2026: 24Apr 2026: 4May 2026: 11Jun 2026: 37Jul 2026: 42Aug 2026: 47Sep 2026: 35ZeroUnknownJan 2019: zero requests; not connectedFeb 2019: zero requests; not connectedJun 2019: zero requests; not connectedMay 2022: zero requests; not connectedJun 2023: zero requests; not connectedJul 2023: zero requests; not connectedSep 2023: zero requests; not connectedFeb 2024: zero requests; not connectedJul 2024: 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–Apr 2021×1.43Fitted increase · 3 zeros fitted as 1
  2. 2 · May 2021–Feb 2024÷1.20Fitted decrease · 5 zeros fitted as 1
  3. 3 · Mar 2024–Sep 2026×1.66Fitted increase · 1 zero fitted as 1

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Interpretation and limitations (12)
  • 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.
  • 9 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.
  • 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–April 202128×1.431.084–1.8883-0.107
2May 2021–February 202434÷1.20.7179–0.96895-0.273
3March 2024–September 202631×1.661.346–2.05610.128

Near-optimal boundary range: March 2021–July 2021.

Near-optimal boundary range: June 2023–April 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 202635complete
August 202647complete
July 202642complete
June 202637complete
May 202611complete
April 20264complete
March 202624complete
February 202627complete
January 202656complete
December 202518complete
November 202557complete
October 202559complete
September 20256complete
August 20257complete
July 20252complete
June 20258complete
May 202512complete
April 20256complete
March 20256complete
February 20254complete
January 202510complete
December 20241complete
November 20244complete
October 20243complete
September 202410complete
August 20247complete
July 20240complete
June 20247complete
May 20246complete
April 20243complete
March 20246complete
February 20240complete
January 20241complete
December 20231complete
November 20232complete
October 20232complete
September 20230complete
August 202310complete
July 20230complete
June 20230complete
May 20233complete
April 20231complete
March 20232complete
February 20234complete
January 20233complete
December 20224complete
November 20221complete
October 20221complete
September 20221complete
August 20224complete
July 20223complete
June 20222complete
May 20220complete
April 20226complete
March 20221complete
February 20223complete
January 20228complete
December 20214complete
November 20212complete
October 20212complete
September 20214complete
August 20216complete
July 20211complete
June 202110complete
May 20213complete
April 202112complete
March 20217complete
February 202126complete
January 202122complete
December 20201complete
November 20202complete
October 202011complete
September 202010complete
August 20203complete
July 20206complete
June 20205complete
May 20201complete
April 202016complete
March 202012complete
February 20206complete
January 20203complete
December 20192complete
November 20192complete
October 20191complete
September 20194complete
August 20196complete
July 20199complete
June 20190complete
May 201913complete
April 20191complete
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-v2:7c5366796c8fa279462ab76237d549c3
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
aa862ea2da5e709369a1ace699c1105d78d97f04e8efbc2c9a7951c0333198d3

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