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Lincoln Park: All categories — 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
3,248
October 2025–September 2026
5,044
Change in monthly mean
+149.67

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.55-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: 69Apr 2019: 64May 2019: 106Jun 2019: 410Jul 2019: 307Aug 2019: 292Sep 2019: 283Oct 2019: 199Nov 2019: 252Dec 2019: 198Jan 2020: 292Feb 2020: 167Mar 2020: 211Apr 2020: 168May 2020: 147Jun 2020: 148Jul 2020: 92Aug 2020: 140Sep 2020: 208Oct 2020: 118Nov 2020: 125Dec 2020: 458Jan 2021: 119Feb 2021: 121Mar 2021: 257Apr 2021: 294May 2021: 141Jun 2021: 237Jul 2021: 354Aug 2021: 296Sep 2021: 182Oct 2021: 140Nov 2021: 133Dec 2021: 130Jan 2022: 114Feb 2022: 83Mar 2022: 294Apr 2022: 188May 2022: 265Jun 2022: 169Jul 2022: 188Aug 2022: 234Sep 2022: 194Oct 2022: 185Nov 2022: 218Dec 2022: 140Jan 2023: 157Feb 2023: 149Mar 2023: 193Apr 2023: 252May 2023: 231Jun 2023: 261Jul 2023: 150Aug 2023: 148Sep 2023: 177Oct 2023: 210Nov 2023: 148Dec 2023: 175Jan 2024: 182Feb 2024: 255Mar 2024: 202Apr 2024: 193May 2024: 202Jun 2024: 314Jul 2024: 237Aug 2024: 236Sep 2024: 200Oct 2024: 262Nov 2024: 212Dec 2024: 134Jan 2025: 141Feb 2025: 164Mar 2025: 220Apr 2025: 190May 2025: 352Jun 2025: 431Jul 2025: 277Aug 2025: 449Sep 2025: 416Oct 2025: 766Nov 2025: 550Dec 2025: 247Jan 2026: 343Feb 2026: 487Mar 2026: 476Apr 2026: 291May 2026: 446Jun 2026: 357Jul 2026: 422Aug 2026: 329Sep 2026: 330ZeroUnknownJan 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 2026×1.09Direction uncertain (serial pattern) · 1 zero 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.
  • 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 202693×1.091.054–1.13410.539
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 2026330complete
August 2026329complete
July 2026422complete
June 2026357complete
May 2026446complete
April 2026291complete
March 2026476complete
February 2026487complete
January 2026343complete
December 2025247complete
November 2025550complete
October 2025766complete
September 2025416complete
August 2025449complete
July 2025277complete
June 2025431complete
May 2025352complete
April 2025190complete
March 2025220complete
February 2025164complete
January 2025141complete
December 2024134complete
November 2024212complete
October 2024262complete
September 2024200complete
August 2024236complete
July 2024237complete
June 2024314complete
May 2024202complete
April 2024193complete
March 2024202complete
February 2024255complete
January 2024182complete
December 2023175complete
November 2023148complete
October 2023210complete
September 2023177complete
August 2023148complete
July 2023150complete
June 2023261complete
May 2023231complete
April 2023252complete
March 2023193complete
February 2023149complete
January 2023157complete
December 2022140complete
November 2022218complete
October 2022185complete
September 2022194complete
August 2022234complete
July 2022188complete
June 2022169complete
May 2022265complete
April 2022188complete
March 2022294complete
February 202283complete
January 2022114complete
December 2021130complete
November 2021133complete
October 2021140complete
September 2021182complete
August 2021296complete
July 2021354complete
June 2021237complete
May 2021141complete
April 2021294complete
March 2021257complete
February 2021121complete
January 2021119complete
December 2020458complete
November 2020125complete
October 2020118complete
September 2020208complete
August 2020140complete
July 202092complete
June 2020148complete
May 2020147complete
April 2020168complete
March 2020211complete
February 2020167complete
January 2020292complete
December 2019198complete
November 2019252complete
October 2019199complete
September 2019283complete
August 2019292complete
July 2019307complete
June 2019410complete
May 2019106complete
April 201964complete
March 201969complete
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: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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