City In Review: Chicago

West Elsdon · 2024-12

West Elsdon 311 calls jump 21%, led by graffiti

West Elsdon fielded 445 service requests in December, a 21% bump from November, with Graffiti Removal Request topping the list at 149 calls. Abandoned vehicles (60) and street light outages (33) rounded out the usual suspects. Nine permits got pulled, down from 12 the month before, but their combined value ticked up 9% to roughly $304k. Six were express permits. Crime dropped 15% overall to 76 incidents, though violent offenses rose from 26 to 33. No new businesses opened and none closed.

By the numbers

Building permits9
Declared construction value$303,987
New business licenses6
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests445
Reported crimes76
Violent crimes33
Failed food inspections0

New businesses

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Top 311 request types

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