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South Chicago: 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 · celeration turn + frequency change

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12-month frequency comparison

October 2024–September 2025
87
October 2025–September 2026
181
Change in monthly mean
+7.83

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 2.08-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.

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 August 2020: ×2.45 → ÷1.01 per six months; 2.49× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 330 and 836. The fitted slope signs reverse.
  • Suggested boundary March 2025: ÷1.01 → ×1.93 per six months; 1.96× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 836 and 219. 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: 2019-01–2020-07suggested phase 2: 2020-08–2025-02suggested phase 3: 2025-03–2026-09Feb 2019: 2Mar 2019: 4Apr 2019: 9May 2019: 5Jun 2019: 7Jul 2019: 3Aug 2019: 24Sep 2019: 29Oct 2019: 33Nov 2019: 30Dec 2019: 5Jan 2020: 27Feb 2020: 17Mar 2020: 15Apr 2020: 15May 2020: 40Jun 2020: 35Jul 2020: 30Aug 2020: 21Sep 2020: 26Oct 2020: 14Nov 2020: 14Dec 2020: 15Jan 2021: 12Feb 2021: 2Mar 2021: 19Apr 2021: 11May 2021: 28Jun 2021: 13Jul 2021: 5Aug 2021: 6Sep 2021: 12Oct 2021: 13Nov 2021: 6Dec 2021: 20Jan 2022: 12Feb 2022: 3Mar 2022: 9Apr 2022: 15May 2022: 21Jun 2022: 30Jul 2022: 23Aug 2022: 14Sep 2022: 73Oct 2022: 19Nov 2022: 10Dec 2022: 10Jan 2023: 8Feb 2023: 16Mar 2023: 5Apr 2023: 13May 2023: 39Jun 2023: 22Jul 2023: 12Aug 2023: 23Sep 2023: 7Oct 2023: 8Nov 2023: 6Dec 2023: 11Jan 2024: 20Feb 2024: 5Mar 2024: 11Apr 2024: 26May 2024: 14Jun 2024: 9Jul 2024: 16Aug 2024: 12Sep 2024: 28Oct 2024: 4Nov 2024: 19Dec 2024: 12Jan 2025: 6Feb 2025: 8Mar 2025: 3Apr 2025: 5May 2025: 10Jun 2025: 3Jul 2025: 5Aug 2025: 1Sep 2025: 11Oct 2025: 5Nov 2025: 9Dec 2025: 17Jan 2026: 18Feb 2026: 8Mar 2026: 9Apr 2026: 12May 2026: 23Jun 2026: 17Jul 2026: 12Aug 2026: 23Sep 2026: 28ZeroUnknownJan 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–Jul 2020×2.45Fitted increase · 1 zero fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Aug 2020–Feb 2025÷1.01Direction uncertain
  3. 3 · Mar 2025–Sep 2026×1.93Fitted increase

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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.
  • Boundary ranges show near-optimal models within 2 BIC units, not confidence intervals. They can be narrow even when the model is uncertain.
  • 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–July 202019×2.451.665–3.61110.162
2August 2020–February 202555÷1.010.9212–1.05600.067
3March 2025–September 202619×1.931.412–2.6460-0.155

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

Near-optimal boundary range: January 2025–March 2025.

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 202628complete
August 202623complete
July 202612complete
June 202617complete
May 202623complete
April 202612complete
March 20269complete
February 20268complete
January 202618complete
December 202517complete
November 20259complete
October 20255complete
September 202511complete
August 20251complete
July 20255complete
June 20253complete
May 202510complete
April 20255complete
March 20253complete
February 20258complete
January 20256complete
December 202412complete
November 202419complete
October 20244complete
September 202428complete
August 202412complete
July 202416complete
June 20249complete
May 202414complete
April 202426complete
March 202411complete
February 20245complete
January 202420complete
December 202311complete
November 20236complete
October 20238complete
September 20237complete
August 202323complete
July 202312complete
June 202322complete
May 202339complete
April 202313complete
March 20235complete
February 202316complete
January 20238complete
December 202210complete
November 202210complete
October 202219complete
September 202273complete
August 202214complete
July 202223complete
June 202230complete
May 202221complete
April 202215complete
March 20229complete
February 20223complete
January 202212complete
December 202120complete
November 20216complete
October 202113complete
September 202112complete
August 20216complete
July 20215complete
June 202113complete
May 202128complete
April 202111complete
March 202119complete
February 20212complete
January 202112complete
December 202015complete
November 202014complete
October 202014complete
September 202026complete
August 202021complete
July 202030complete
June 202035complete
May 202040complete
April 202015complete
March 202015complete
February 202017complete
January 202027complete
December 20195complete
November 201930complete
October 201933complete
September 201929complete
August 201924complete
July 20193complete
June 20197complete
May 20195complete
April 20199complete
March 20194complete
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-v2:92f1af8f0a1b4aae18f50286f6f292d6
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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