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Lincoln 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
1,414
October 2025–September 2026
855
Change in monthly mean
-46.58

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.

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: 1Mar 2019: 35Apr 2019: 27May 2019: 63Jun 2019: 243Jul 2019: 148Aug 2019: 146Sep 2019: 125Oct 2019: 82Nov 2019: 96Dec 2019: 118Jan 2020: 193Feb 2020: 96Mar 2020: 129Apr 2020: 99May 2020: 100Jun 2020: 97Jul 2020: 45Aug 2020: 60Sep 2020: 132Oct 2020: 54Nov 2020: 52Dec 2020: 210Jan 2021: 50Feb 2021: 21Mar 2021: 107Apr 2021: 110May 2021: 65Jun 2021: 89Jul 2021: 162Aug 2021: 155Sep 2021: 78Oct 2021: 53Nov 2021: 75Dec 2021: 68Jan 2022: 56Feb 2022: 38Mar 2022: 136Apr 2022: 84May 2022: 147Jun 2022: 63Jul 2022: 74Aug 2022: 95Sep 2022: 90Oct 2022: 91Nov 2022: 103Dec 2022: 70Jan 2023: 83Feb 2023: 88Mar 2023: 73Apr 2023: 95May 2023: 104Jun 2023: 133Jul 2023: 49Aug 2023: 61Sep 2023: 106Oct 2023: 122Nov 2023: 107Dec 2023: 82Jan 2024: 81Feb 2024: 110Mar 2024: 115Apr 2024: 110May 2024: 99Jun 2024: 128Jul 2024: 79Aug 2024: 81Sep 2024: 106Oct 2024: 179Nov 2024: 133Dec 2024: 83Jan 2025: 86Feb 2025: 89Mar 2025: 124Apr 2025: 97May 2025: 171Jun 2025: 128Jul 2025: 128Aug 2025: 111Sep 2025: 85Oct 2025: 116Nov 2025: 97Dec 2025: 61Jan 2026: 72Feb 2026: 91Mar 2026: 84Apr 2026: 43May 2026: 64Jun 2026: 55Jul 2026: 47Aug 2026: 75Sep 2026: 50ZeroUnknownJan 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 2026×1.04Direction uncertain (serial pattern) · 1 zero fitted as 1

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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.
  • 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.
  • 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–September 202693×1.040.9991–1.07510.505
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 202650complete
August 202675complete
July 202647complete
June 202655complete
May 202664complete
April 202643complete
March 202684complete
February 202691complete
January 202672complete
December 202561complete
November 202597complete
October 2025116complete
September 202585complete
August 2025111complete
July 2025128complete
June 2025128complete
May 2025171complete
April 202597complete
March 2025124complete
February 202589complete
January 202586complete
December 202483complete
November 2024133complete
October 2024179complete
September 2024106complete
August 202481complete
July 202479complete
June 2024128complete
May 202499complete
April 2024110complete
March 2024115complete
February 2024110complete
January 202481complete
December 202382complete
November 2023107complete
October 2023122complete
September 2023106complete
August 202361complete
July 202349complete
June 2023133complete
May 2023104complete
April 202395complete
March 202373complete
February 202388complete
January 202383complete
December 202270complete
November 2022103complete
October 202291complete
September 202290complete
August 202295complete
July 202274complete
June 202263complete
May 2022147complete
April 202284complete
March 2022136complete
February 202238complete
January 202256complete
December 202168complete
November 202175complete
October 202153complete
September 202178complete
August 2021155complete
July 2021162complete
June 202189complete
May 202165complete
April 2021110complete
March 2021107complete
February 202121complete
January 202150complete
December 2020210complete
November 202052complete
October 202054complete
September 2020132complete
August 202060complete
July 202045complete
June 202097complete
May 2020100complete
April 202099complete
March 2020129complete
February 202096complete
January 2020193complete
December 2019118complete
November 201996complete
October 201982complete
September 2019125complete
August 2019146complete
July 2019148complete
June 2019243complete
May 201963complete
April 201927complete
March 201935complete
February 20191complete
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:acc1ef7a5b144b44fbd3ba8a125eeb6b
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
9dabf5695948532addc103104d9bf89433736d41d29b1ac31e2cdfe9e0c55b32

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