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Lincoln Park: 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

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12-month frequency comparison

October 2024–September 2025
1,156
October 2025–September 2026
3,096
Change in monthly mean
+161.67

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 2.68-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: 2019-01–2026-09Mar 2019: 7Apr 2019: 10May 2019: 19Jun 2019: 30Jul 2019: 23Aug 2019: 19Sep 2019: 18Oct 2019: 20Nov 2019: 22Dec 2019: 8Jan 2020: 4Feb 2020: 7Mar 2020: 7Apr 2020: 2May 2020: 10Jun 2020: 5Jul 2020: 5Aug 2020: 15Sep 2020: 8Oct 2020: 3Nov 2020: 15Dec 2020: 4Jan 2021: 15Feb 2021: 28Mar 2021: 9Apr 2021: 3May 2021: 7Jun 2021: 19Jul 2021: 17Aug 2021: 24Sep 2021: 21Oct 2021: 12Nov 2021: 8Dec 2021: 8Jan 2022: 4Feb 2022: 5Mar 2022: 27Apr 2022: 18May 2022: 23Jun 2022: 27Jul 2022: 18Aug 2022: 22Sep 2022: 14Oct 2022: 25Nov 2022: 16Dec 2022: 11Jan 2023: 14Feb 2023: 6Mar 2023: 13Apr 2023: 26May 2023: 25Jun 2023: 33Jul 2023: 15Aug 2023: 13Sep 2023: 13Oct 2023: 17Nov 2023: 4Dec 2023: 21Jan 2024: 18Feb 2024: 15Mar 2024: 15Apr 2024: 15May 2024: 25Jun 2024: 41Jul 2024: 28Aug 2024: 20Sep 2024: 30Oct 2024: 38Nov 2024: 37Dec 2024: 27Jan 2025: 15Feb 2025: 16Mar 2025: 41Apr 2025: 45May 2025: 102Jun 2025: 205Jul 2025: 73Aug 2025: 280Sep 2025: 277Oct 2025: 509Nov 2025: 333Dec 2025: 129Jan 2026: 194Feb 2026: 342Mar 2026: 294Apr 2026: 208May 2026: 272Jun 2026: 163Jul 2026: 265Aug 2026: 198Sep 2026: 189ZeroUnknownJan 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

Single-trend reference · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Sep 2026×1.25Direction uncertain (serial pattern) · 2 zeros fitted as 1

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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.
  • 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 202693×1.251.200–1.30420.652
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 2026189complete
August 2026198complete
July 2026265complete
June 2026163complete
May 2026272complete
April 2026208complete
March 2026294complete
February 2026342complete
January 2026194complete
December 2025129complete
November 2025333complete
October 2025509complete
September 2025277complete
August 2025280complete
July 202573complete
June 2025205complete
May 2025102complete
April 202545complete
March 202541complete
February 202516complete
January 202515complete
December 202427complete
November 202437complete
October 202438complete
September 202430complete
August 202420complete
July 202428complete
June 202441complete
May 202425complete
April 202415complete
March 202415complete
February 202415complete
January 202418complete
December 202321complete
November 20234complete
October 202317complete
September 202313complete
August 202313complete
July 202315complete
June 202333complete
May 202325complete
April 202326complete
March 202313complete
February 20236complete
January 202314complete
December 202211complete
November 202216complete
October 202225complete
September 202214complete
August 202222complete
July 202218complete
June 202227complete
May 202223complete
April 202218complete
March 202227complete
February 20225complete
January 20224complete
December 20218complete
November 20218complete
October 202112complete
September 202121complete
August 202124complete
July 202117complete
June 202119complete
May 20217complete
April 20213complete
March 20219complete
February 202128complete
January 202115complete
December 20204complete
November 202015complete
October 20203complete
September 20208complete
August 202015complete
July 20205complete
June 20205complete
May 202010complete
April 20202complete
March 20207complete
February 20207complete
January 20204complete
December 20198complete
November 201922complete
October 201920complete
September 201918complete
August 201919complete
July 201923complete
June 201930complete
May 201919complete
April 201910complete
March 20197complete
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: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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