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Near West Side: 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
1,908
October 2025–September 2026
1,143
Change in monthly mean
-63.75

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.67-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: 23Apr 2019: 32May 2019: 39Jun 2019: 45Jul 2019: 88Aug 2019: 109Sep 2019: 79Oct 2019: 158Nov 2019: 53Dec 2019: 89Jan 2020: 64Feb 2020: 123Mar 2020: 69Apr 2020: 63May 2020: 51Jun 2020: 129Jul 2020: 63Aug 2020: 85Sep 2020: 164Oct 2020: 80Nov 2020: 153Dec 2020: 92Jan 2021: 74Feb 2021: 57Mar 2021: 67Apr 2021: 113May 2021: 66Jun 2021: 92Jul 2021: 121Aug 2021: 230Sep 2021: 216Oct 2021: 156Nov 2021: 214Dec 2021: 110Jan 2022: 123Feb 2022: 64Mar 2022: 236Apr 2022: 62May 2022: 213Jun 2022: 149Jul 2022: 204Aug 2022: 165Sep 2022: 170Oct 2022: 99Nov 2022: 128Dec 2022: 131Jan 2023: 120Feb 2023: 79Mar 2023: 40Apr 2023: 91May 2023: 110Jun 2023: 158Jul 2023: 174Aug 2023: 298Sep 2023: 189Oct 2023: 172Nov 2023: 108Dec 2023: 150Jan 2024: 189Feb 2024: 157Mar 2024: 126Apr 2024: 218May 2024: 194Jun 2024: 190Jul 2024: 392Aug 2024: 631Sep 2024: 213Oct 2024: 230Nov 2024: 170Dec 2024: 99Jan 2025: 266Feb 2025: 105Mar 2025: 147Apr 2025: 126May 2025: 208Jun 2025: 136Jul 2025: 172Aug 2025: 106Sep 2025: 143Oct 2025: 152Nov 2025: 92Dec 2025: 111Jan 2026: 84Feb 2026: 88Mar 2026: 67Apr 2026: 91May 2026: 93Jun 2026: 101Jul 2026: 81Aug 2026: 107Sep 2026: 76ZeroUnknownJan 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 2026×1.09Direction 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 202693×1.091.046–1.12820.569
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 202676complete
August 2026107complete
July 202681complete
June 2026101complete
May 202693complete
April 202691complete
March 202667complete
February 202688complete
January 202684complete
December 2025111complete
November 202592complete
October 2025152complete
September 2025143complete
August 2025106complete
July 2025172complete
June 2025136complete
May 2025208complete
April 2025126complete
March 2025147complete
February 2025105complete
January 2025266complete
December 202499complete
November 2024170complete
October 2024230complete
September 2024213complete
August 2024631complete
July 2024392complete
June 2024190complete
May 2024194complete
April 2024218complete
March 2024126complete
February 2024157complete
January 2024189complete
December 2023150complete
November 2023108complete
October 2023172complete
September 2023189complete
August 2023298complete
July 2023174complete
June 2023158complete
May 2023110complete
April 202391complete
March 202340complete
February 202379complete
January 2023120complete
December 2022131complete
November 2022128complete
October 202299complete
September 2022170complete
August 2022165complete
July 2022204complete
June 2022149complete
May 2022213complete
April 202262complete
March 2022236complete
February 202264complete
January 2022123complete
December 2021110complete
November 2021214complete
October 2021156complete
September 2021216complete
August 2021230complete
July 2021121complete
June 202192complete
May 202166complete
April 2021113complete
March 202167complete
February 202157complete
January 202174complete
December 202092complete
November 2020153complete
October 202080complete
September 2020164complete
August 202085complete
July 202063complete
June 2020129complete
May 202051complete
April 202063complete
March 202069complete
February 2020123complete
January 202064complete
December 201989complete
November 201953complete
October 2019158complete
September 201979complete
August 2019109complete
July 201988complete
June 201945complete
May 201939complete
April 201932complete
March 201923complete
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-v2:7e3db0d8b2586d69129c5dfed03f33d1
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
c167dd7fe8b2f3f1daeba7182336455882d9a75edb12f8b0766922c281805020

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