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South Chicago: 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 · celeration turn

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Celeration turns: changes between fitted phases

A factor describes a standardized six-month multiplier, not a count. These turns passed the scan’s volume and magnitude gates; phase selection remains exploratory.

  • Suggested boundary January 2020: ×5.66 → ÷1.41 per six months; 8.01× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 220 and 708. The fitted slope signs reverse.

Saved observations and fitted phases

Suggested 3-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed.

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. Suggested 3-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2019-12suggested phase 2: 2020-01–2023-02suggested phase 3: 2023-03–2026-09Mar 2019: 5Apr 2019: 10May 2019: 7Jun 2019: 28Jul 2019: 20Aug 2019: 38Sep 2019: 28Oct 2019: 21Nov 2019: 51Dec 2019: 12Jan 2020: 30Feb 2020: 43Mar 2020: 52Apr 2020: 24May 2020: 24Jun 2020: 45Jul 2020: 18Aug 2020: 66Sep 2020: 12Oct 2020: 19Nov 2020: 17Dec 2020: 15Jan 2021: 19Feb 2021: 13Mar 2021: 21Apr 2021: 27May 2021: 21Jun 2021: 22Jul 2021: 10Aug 2021: 7Sep 2021: 12Oct 2021: 27Nov 2021: 10Dec 2021: 8Jan 2022: 15Feb 2022: 3Mar 2022: 22Apr 2022: 16May 2022: 11Jun 2022: 25Jul 2022: 12Aug 2022: 3Sep 2022: 11Oct 2022: 1Nov 2022: 14Dec 2022: 8Jan 2023: 1Feb 2023: 4Mar 2023: 15Apr 2023: 3May 2023: 29Jun 2023: 14Jul 2023: 17Aug 2023: 4Sep 2023: 30Oct 2023: 12Nov 2023: 10Dec 2023: 21Jan 2024: 21Feb 2024: 17Mar 2024: 14Apr 2024: 24May 2024: 28Jun 2024: 13Jul 2024: 13Aug 2024: 10Sep 2024: 7Oct 2024: 3Nov 2024: 4Dec 2024: 8Jan 2025: 10Feb 2025: 5Mar 2025: 5Apr 2025: 9May 2025: 12Jun 2025: 13Jul 2025: 6Aug 2025: 7Sep 2025: 13Oct 2025: 13Nov 2025: 8Dec 2025: 13Jan 2026: 8Feb 2026: 4Mar 2026: 14Apr 2026: 5May 2026: 13Jun 2026: 8Jul 2026: 5Aug 2026: 10Sep 2026: 9ZeroUnknownJan 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

Suggested phases · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Dec 2019×5.66Fitted increase · 2 zeros fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Jan 2020–Feb 2023÷1.41Fitted decrease
  3. 3 · Mar 2023–Sep 2026÷1.10Fitted decrease

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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.
  • Boundary ranges show near-optimal models within 2 BIC units, not confidence intervals. They can be narrow even when the model is uncertain.
  • A phase is at the minimum allowed length; its boundary may be sensitive to that search limit.
  • 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–December 201912×5.662.251–14.2520.190
2January 2020–February 202338÷1.410.6250–0.79970-0.244
3March 2023–September 202643÷1.10.8372–0.994600.030

Near-optimal boundary range: January 2020–April 2020.

Near-optimal boundary range: March 2023–March 2023.

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 20269complete
August 202610complete
July 20265complete
June 20268complete
May 202613complete
April 20265complete
March 202614complete
February 20264complete
January 20268complete
December 202513complete
November 20258complete
October 202513complete
September 202513complete
August 20257complete
July 20256complete
June 202513complete
May 202512complete
April 20259complete
March 20255complete
February 20255complete
January 202510complete
December 20248complete
November 20244complete
October 20243complete
September 20247complete
August 202410complete
July 202413complete
June 202413complete
May 202428complete
April 202424complete
March 202414complete
February 202417complete
January 202421complete
December 202321complete
November 202310complete
October 202312complete
September 202330complete
August 20234complete
July 202317complete
June 202314complete
May 202329complete
April 20233complete
March 202315complete
February 20234complete
January 20231complete
December 20228complete
November 202214complete
October 20221complete
September 202211complete
August 20223complete
July 202212complete
June 202225complete
May 202211complete
April 202216complete
March 202222complete
February 20223complete
January 202215complete
December 20218complete
November 202110complete
October 202127complete
September 202112complete
August 20217complete
July 202110complete
June 202122complete
May 202121complete
April 202127complete
March 202121complete
February 202113complete
January 202119complete
December 202015complete
November 202017complete
October 202019complete
September 202012complete
August 202066complete
July 202018complete
June 202045complete
May 202024complete
April 202024complete
March 202052complete
February 202043complete
January 202030complete
December 201912complete
November 201951complete
October 201921complete
September 201928complete
August 201938complete
July 201920complete
June 201928complete
May 20197complete
April 201910complete
March 20195complete
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-v2:92f1af8f0a1b4aae18f50286f6f292d6
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
a846fb8352d657c46389fbca17f7832ae0aa7914e1a467ca31cd1c277cec71ad

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