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Near South Side: All categories · 06:00–12:00 — Graffiti requests

All categories · 06:00–12:00

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
151
October 2025–September 2026
89
Change in monthly mean
-5.17

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.7-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: 8Apr 2019: 5May 2019: 12Jun 2019: 18Jul 2019: 28Aug 2019: 20Sep 2019: 25Oct 2019: 19Nov 2019: 19Dec 2019: 17Jan 2020: 19Feb 2020: 12Mar 2020: 9Apr 2020: 19May 2020: 22Jun 2020: 10Jul 2020: 24Aug 2020: 9Sep 2020: 8Oct 2020: 24Nov 2020: 17Dec 2020: 19Jan 2021: 9Feb 2021: 7Mar 2021: 15Apr 2021: 8May 2021: 14Jun 2021: 21Jul 2021: 35Aug 2021: 37Sep 2021: 16Oct 2021: 24Nov 2021: 12Dec 2021: 14Jan 2022: 6Feb 2022: 10Mar 2022: 15Apr 2022: 3May 2022: 13Jun 2022: 15Jul 2022: 18Aug 2022: 29Sep 2022: 7Oct 2022: 12Nov 2022: 14Dec 2022: 11Jan 2023: 8Feb 2023: 15Mar 2023: 34Apr 2023: 9May 2023: 17Jun 2023: 15Jul 2023: 15Aug 2023: 20Sep 2023: 17Oct 2023: 24Nov 2023: 8Dec 2023: 11Jan 2024: 9Feb 2024: 11Mar 2024: 22Apr 2024: 23May 2024: 74Jun 2024: 24Jul 2024: 41Aug 2024: 49Sep 2024: 17Oct 2024: 11Nov 2024: 19Dec 2024: 12Jan 2025: 14Feb 2025: 18Mar 2025: 6Apr 2025: 15May 2025: 8Jun 2025: 5Jul 2025: 13Aug 2025: 11Sep 2025: 19Oct 2025: 8Nov 2025: 7Dec 2025: 1Jan 2026: 5Feb 2026: 9Mar 2026: 1Apr 2026: 4May 2026: 12Jun 2026: 10Jul 2026: 7Aug 2026: 13Sep 2026: 12ZeroUnknownJan 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÷1.02Direction 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÷1.020.9477–1.01710.421
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 202612complete
August 202613complete
July 20267complete
June 202610complete
May 202612complete
April 20264complete
March 20261complete
February 20269complete
January 20265complete
December 20251complete
November 20257complete
October 20258complete
September 202519complete
August 202511complete
July 202513complete
June 20255complete
May 20258complete
April 202515complete
March 20256complete
February 202518complete
January 202514complete
December 202412complete
November 202419complete
October 202411complete
September 202417complete
August 202449complete
July 202441complete
June 202424complete
May 202474complete
April 202423complete
March 202422complete
February 202411complete
January 20249complete
December 202311complete
November 20238complete
October 202324complete
September 202317complete
August 202320complete
July 202315complete
June 202315complete
May 202317complete
April 20239complete
March 202334complete
February 202315complete
January 20238complete
December 202211complete
November 202214complete
October 202212complete
September 20227complete
August 202229complete
July 202218complete
June 202215complete
May 202213complete
April 20223complete
March 202215complete
February 202210complete
January 20226complete
December 202114complete
November 202112complete
October 202124complete
September 202116complete
August 202137complete
July 202135complete
June 202121complete
May 202114complete
April 20218complete
March 202115complete
February 20217complete
January 20219complete
December 202019complete
November 202017complete
October 202024complete
September 20208complete
August 20209complete
July 202024complete
June 202010complete
May 202022complete
April 202019complete
March 20209complete
February 202012complete
January 202019complete
December 201917complete
November 201919complete
October 201919complete
September 201925complete
August 201920complete
July 201928complete
June 201918complete
May 201912complete
April 20195complete
March 20198complete
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:ca49d27334a150ae3261799b47e3cf7f
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
d433d47e1428d96254e013107b4617f428230f7720259476278b88ce81f53491

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