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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
95
October 2025–September 2026
169
Change in monthly mean
+6.17

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.78-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 street potholes 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: 2019-01–2026-09Jan 2019: 2Feb 2019: 12Mar 2019: 24Apr 2019: 14May 2019: 21Jun 2019: 12Jul 2019: 21Aug 2019: 12Sep 2019: 12Oct 2019: 6Nov 2019: 7Dec 2019: 6Jan 2020: 9Feb 2020: 6Mar 2020: 5Apr 2020: 3May 2020: 4Jun 2020: 7Jul 2020: 4Aug 2020: 6Sep 2020: 3Oct 2020: 2Nov 2020: 7Dec 2020: 1Jan 2021: 1Feb 2021: 2Mar 2021: 7Apr 2021: 2May 2021: 3Jun 2021: 10Jul 2021: 1Aug 2021: 1Sep 2021: 7Oct 2021: 10Nov 2021: 3Dec 2021: 1Jan 2022: 1Feb 2022: 9Mar 2022: 18Apr 2022: 22May 2022: 12Jun 2022: 19Jul 2022: 11Aug 2022: 4Sep 2022: 8Oct 2022: 3Nov 2022: 2Dec 2022: 4Feb 2023: 7Mar 2023: 9Apr 2023: 15May 2023: 12Jun 2023: 1Jul 2023: 8Aug 2023: 3Sep 2023: 4Oct 2023: 8Nov 2023: 4Dec 2023: 4Jan 2024: 3Feb 2024: 3Mar 2024: 8Apr 2024: 7May 2024: 4Jun 2024: 12Jul 2024: 9Aug 2024: 11Sep 2024: 9Oct 2024: 9Nov 2024: 5Dec 2024: 7Jan 2025: 2Feb 2025: 6Mar 2025: 9Apr 2025: 17May 2025: 12Jun 2025: 10Jul 2025: 5Aug 2025: 10Sep 2025: 3Oct 2025: 4Nov 2025: 5Dec 2025: 4Jan 2026: 4Feb 2026: 6Mar 2026: 9Apr 2026: 35May 2026: 24Jun 2026: 22Jul 2026: 21Aug 2026: 27Sep 2026: 8ZeroUnknownJan 2023: 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 2026×1.03Direction 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 202693×1.030.9885–1.07310.467
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 20268complete
August 202627complete
July 202621complete
June 202622complete
May 202624complete
April 202635complete
March 20269complete
February 20266complete
January 20264complete
December 20254complete
November 20255complete
October 20254complete
September 20253complete
August 202510complete
July 20255complete
June 202510complete
May 202512complete
April 202517complete
March 20259complete
February 20256complete
January 20252complete
December 20247complete
November 20245complete
October 20249complete
September 20249complete
August 202411complete
July 20249complete
June 202412complete
May 20244complete
April 20247complete
March 20248complete
February 20243complete
January 20243complete
December 20234complete
November 20234complete
October 20238complete
September 20234complete
August 20233complete
July 20238complete
June 20231complete
May 202312complete
April 202315complete
March 20239complete
February 20237complete
January 20230complete
December 20224complete
November 20222complete
October 20223complete
September 20228complete
August 20224complete
July 202211complete
June 202219complete
May 202212complete
April 202222complete
March 202218complete
February 20229complete
January 20221complete
December 20211complete
November 20213complete
October 202110complete
September 20217complete
August 20211complete
July 20211complete
June 202110complete
May 20213complete
April 20212complete
March 20217complete
February 20212complete
January 20211complete
December 20201complete
November 20207complete
October 20202complete
September 20203complete
August 20206complete
July 20204complete
June 20207complete
May 20204complete
April 20203complete
March 20205complete
February 20206complete
January 20209complete
December 20196complete
November 20197complete
October 20196complete
September 201912complete
August 201912complete
July 201921complete
June 201912complete
May 201921complete
April 201914complete
March 201924complete
February 201912complete
January 20192complete
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
2026-11-06T17:28:32.885Z
Publisher update
2026-11-06T15:33:29.000Z
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-v1:8c35ac8d-21c1-45e9-8c56-8bf32f3df7b0:neighborhood-v2:5683aa608492fce055c266d8795fa030
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
52d7d5902d4c6ebbf4d78f2cc91345dd57d4fa6a1723314970de4c385f1fdaeb

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