Generated evidence · pending editorial review

Lake View: All categories · 18:00–24:00 — Graffiti requests

All categories · 18:00–24:00

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

Current dashboard records may have been revised. Analyze is a separate action there. Saved-for-review choices stay in this browser and do not endorse a result.

12-month frequency comparison

October 2024–September 2025
728
October 2025–September 2026
2,769
Change in monthly mean
+170.08

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 3.8-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

Phase suggestions withheld: serial pattern remains in the candidate fits. Manual boundaries can explore, not confirm, a change.

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. Phase suggestions withheld: serial pattern remains in the candidate fits. Manual boundaries can explore, not confirm, a change. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthSingle-trend reference: 2019-01–2026-09Feb 2019: 2Mar 2019: 23Apr 2019: 27May 2019: 38Jun 2019: 39Jul 2019: 53Aug 2019: 40Sep 2019: 38Oct 2019: 22Nov 2019: 11Dec 2019: 28Jan 2020: 12Feb 2020: 25Mar 2020: 16Apr 2020: 17May 2020: 19Jun 2020: 23Jul 2020: 17Aug 2020: 17Sep 2020: 22Oct 2020: 9Nov 2020: 17Dec 2020: 24Jan 2021: 21Feb 2021: 31Mar 2021: 14Apr 2021: 20May 2021: 21Jun 2021: 35Jul 2021: 23Aug 2021: 38Sep 2021: 26Oct 2021: 18Nov 2021: 14Dec 2021: 15Jan 2022: 13Feb 2022: 15Mar 2022: 24Apr 2022: 16May 2022: 22Jun 2022: 28Jul 2022: 28Aug 2022: 29Sep 2022: 23Oct 2022: 16Nov 2022: 30Dec 2022: 12Jan 2023: 14Feb 2023: 12Mar 2023: 9Apr 2023: 12May 2023: 29Jun 2023: 24Jul 2023: 20Aug 2023: 23Sep 2023: 28Oct 2023: 10Nov 2023: 18Dec 2023: 26Jan 2024: 9Feb 2024: 14Mar 2024: 35Apr 2024: 24May 2024: 22Jun 2024: 75Jul 2024: 24Aug 2024: 30Sep 2024: 32Oct 2024: 54Nov 2024: 25Dec 2024: 35Jan 2025: 26Feb 2025: 19Mar 2025: 39Apr 2025: 42May 2025: 70Jun 2025: 99Jul 2025: 58Aug 2025: 120Sep 2025: 141Oct 2025: 391Nov 2025: 439Dec 2025: 137Jan 2026: 181Feb 2026: 201Mar 2026: 217Apr 2026: 192May 2026: 220Jun 2026: 224Jul 2026: 302Aug 2026: 113Sep 2026: 152ZeroUnknownJan 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

Single-trend reference · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Sep 2026×1.16Direction uncertain (serial pattern) · 1 zero fitted as 1

Check the evidence

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.
  • 1 confirmed zero fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • The best candidate failed the residual-independence diagnostic. A single-trend reference is shown instead; this does not establish a stable trend.
  • Serial pattern in residuals: independence is doubtful; the reported intervals may be too narrow. Seasonality is not modeled.
  • 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 202693×1.161.115–1.20010.683
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 2026152complete
August 2026113complete
July 2026302complete
June 2026224complete
May 2026220complete
April 2026192complete
March 2026217complete
February 2026201complete
January 2026181complete
December 2025137complete
November 2025439complete
October 2025391complete
September 2025141complete
August 2025120complete
July 202558complete
June 202599complete
May 202570complete
April 202542complete
March 202539complete
February 202519complete
January 202526complete
December 202435complete
November 202425complete
October 202454complete
September 202432complete
August 202430complete
July 202424complete
June 202475complete
May 202422complete
April 202424complete
March 202435complete
February 202414complete
January 20249complete
December 202326complete
November 202318complete
October 202310complete
September 202328complete
August 202323complete
July 202320complete
June 202324complete
May 202329complete
April 202312complete
March 20239complete
February 202312complete
January 202314complete
December 202212complete
November 202230complete
October 202216complete
September 202223complete
August 202229complete
July 202228complete
June 202228complete
May 202222complete
April 202216complete
March 202224complete
February 202215complete
January 202213complete
December 202115complete
November 202114complete
October 202118complete
September 202126complete
August 202138complete
July 202123complete
June 202135complete
May 202121complete
April 202120complete
March 202114complete
February 202131complete
January 202121complete
December 202024complete
November 202017complete
October 20209complete
September 202022complete
August 202017complete
July 202017complete
June 202023complete
May 202019complete
April 202017complete
March 202016complete
February 202025complete
January 202012complete
December 201928complete
November 201911complete
October 201922complete
September 201938complete
August 201940complete
July 201953complete
June 201939complete
May 201938complete
April 201927complete
March 201923complete
February 20192complete
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

Challenge the pattern

Check unfiltered totals, comparable communities, source revisions and administrative definitions before treating this candidate as evidence of a real-world explanation. Only explicitly documented follow-ups above have been performed; no others are implied by the ranking. Browse the other graffiti requests candidates or review the complete screening method.