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New City: 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
671
October 2025–September 2026
307
Change in monthly mean
-30.33

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 2.19-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: 18Apr 2019: 37May 2019: 67Jun 2019: 55Jul 2019: 68Aug 2019: 117Sep 2019: 49Oct 2019: 81Nov 2019: 76Dec 2019: 61Jan 2020: 66Feb 2020: 176Mar 2020: 134Apr 2020: 179May 2020: 58Jun 2020: 55Jul 2020: 52Aug 2020: 57Sep 2020: 68Oct 2020: 117Nov 2020: 98Dec 2020: 77Jan 2021: 116Feb 2021: 61Mar 2021: 95Apr 2021: 79May 2021: 71Jun 2021: 52Jul 2021: 87Aug 2021: 135Sep 2021: 76Oct 2021: 61Nov 2021: 52Dec 2021: 48Jan 2022: 33Feb 2022: 38Mar 2022: 88Apr 2022: 29May 2022: 36Jun 2022: 43Jul 2022: 30Aug 2022: 22Sep 2022: 29Oct 2022: 17Nov 2022: 46Dec 2022: 25Jan 2023: 27Feb 2023: 33Mar 2023: 127Apr 2023: 161May 2023: 50Jun 2023: 68Jul 2023: 43Aug 2023: 58Sep 2023: 76Oct 2023: 49Nov 2023: 49Dec 2023: 77Jan 2024: 67Feb 2024: 43Mar 2024: 79Apr 2024: 36May 2024: 77Jun 2024: 80Jul 2024: 62Aug 2024: 92Sep 2024: 72Oct 2024: 50Nov 2024: 61Dec 2024: 44Jan 2025: 43Feb 2025: 58Mar 2025: 109Apr 2025: 71May 2025: 86Jun 2025: 26Jul 2025: 41Aug 2025: 39Sep 2025: 43Oct 2025: 33Nov 2025: 17Dec 2025: 11Jan 2026: 19Feb 2026: 11Mar 2026: 22Apr 2026: 30May 2026: 26Jun 2026: 37Jul 2026: 26Aug 2026: 38Sep 2026: 37ZeroUnknownJan 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÷1.02Direction uncertain (serial pattern) · 2 zeros 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.
  • 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.
  • 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÷1.020.9431–1.01820.611
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 202637complete
August 202638complete
July 202626complete
June 202637complete
May 202626complete
April 202630complete
March 202622complete
February 202611complete
January 202619complete
December 202511complete
November 202517complete
October 202533complete
September 202543complete
August 202539complete
July 202541complete
June 202526complete
May 202586complete
April 202571complete
March 2025109complete
February 202558complete
January 202543complete
December 202444complete
November 202461complete
October 202450complete
September 202472complete
August 202492complete
July 202462complete
June 202480complete
May 202477complete
April 202436complete
March 202479complete
February 202443complete
January 202467complete
December 202377complete
November 202349complete
October 202349complete
September 202376complete
August 202358complete
July 202343complete
June 202368complete
May 202350complete
April 2023161complete
March 2023127complete
February 202333complete
January 202327complete
December 202225complete
November 202246complete
October 202217complete
September 202229complete
August 202222complete
July 202230complete
June 202243complete
May 202236complete
April 202229complete
March 202288complete
February 202238complete
January 202233complete
December 202148complete
November 202152complete
October 202161complete
September 202176complete
August 2021135complete
July 202187complete
June 202152complete
May 202171complete
April 202179complete
March 202195complete
February 202161complete
January 2021116complete
December 202077complete
November 202098complete
October 2020117complete
September 202068complete
August 202057complete
July 202052complete
June 202055complete
May 202058complete
April 2020179complete
March 2020134complete
February 2020176complete
January 202066complete
December 201961complete
November 201976complete
October 201981complete
September 201949complete
August 2019117complete
July 201968complete
June 201955complete
May 201967complete
April 201937complete
March 201918complete
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-v2:8d0340f56e688faa828dd949963f63ee
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
c629470b6081d843fb70550d7d41fcc52b6e9ea60cb26d847dc7908746574f98

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