Chicago Safety Data

Chicago 311 service request call data covers

  • all open sanitation code complaints made to 311
  • all requests completed since January 1, 2011
  • historical sanitation code complaints
  • pot hole reports
  • street light issues

The Department of Streets and Sanitation investigates and remedies reported violations of Chicago’s sanitation code. Residents can request service for overflowing dumpster and alley garbage violations, for example. The Chicago 311 service sometimes receives duplicate sanitation code complaints. Identified duplicate service requests are located in the same geographic area as a previous request, and were entered into the 311 Customer Service Request (CSR) system at about the same time. Duplicate complaints are labeled as such in the status field, as either "Open - Dup" or "Completed - Dup."

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The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) oversees pothole repair for 4,000 miles of arterial and residential streets in Chicago. CDOT receives pothole reports through the 311 call center. CDOT uses a mapping and tracking system to identify pothole locations and schedule crews.

One call to 311 can generate multiple pothole repairs. When a crew arrives to repair a pothole based on a 311 call, that crew fills all the other potholes found on that block. Pothole repairs are completed within seven days from the first report of a pothole to 311. Weather conditions, frigid temps, and precipitation can influence the time needed to complete a pothole repair. On days of cooperative weather and no precipitation, crews can fill several thousand potholes.

If a previous request is already open for a buffer of four addresses, the request gets a status of "Duplicate (Open)" status. For example, for an existing CSR for address 6535 N Western, and 311 receives a new CSR for address 6531 N Western, then the new request receives a status of “Duplicate (Open)”, the new request receives a "Duplicate (Open)" status. In this example, the new CSR is at an address within four addresses of the original CSR. Once the crews repair the street, the CSR status reads “Completed” for the original request, and “Duplicate (Closed)” for any duplicate requests. A service request also receives the status of “Completed” when the reported address is inspected but no potholes are found or were filled. If another issue is found with the street, such as a “cave-in” or “failed utility cut”, then the issue is directed to the appropriate department or contractor.

Open reports made to 311 of street light outages involving three or more lights are defined as "Street Lights - All Out." The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) oversees approximately 250,000 street lights that illuminate arterial and residential streets in Chicago. CDOT performs repairs and bulb replacements in response to residents’ reports of street light outages. Whenever CDOT receives a report of an “All Out” the electrician assigned to make the repair looks at the lights in that circuit (each circuit has 8-16 lights) to make sure they all operate properly. If a second request of lights out in the same circuit is made within four calendar days of the original request, the newest request is automatically given the status of “Duplicate (Open).” Since the CDOT electrician looks at the lights in a circuit to verify their operation, any “Duplicate (Open)” address is automatically observed and repaired. Once the street lights are repaired, the status in CSR reads “Completed” for the original request and “Duplicate (Closed)” for any duplicate requests. A service request also receives the status of “Completed” when

  • the reported lights are inspected but found to be in good repair and functioning
  • the service request is for a nonexistent address
  • a contractor maintains the lights

The data resource received daily updates.

Volume and retention

This dataset is stored in Parquet format. It received daily updates, and contains about 1M rows (80 MB) in total as of 2019.

This dataset contains historical records accumulated from 2011 to 2018. You can use parameter settings in our SDK to fetch data within a specific time range.

Storage location

This dataset is stored in the East US Azure region. Allocating compute resources in East US is recommended for affinity.

Additional information

This dataset is sourced from city of Chicago government.

Reference here for the terms of use for this dataset resource. Email dataportal@cityofchicago.org with questions about the data source.

Columns

311 Service Requests - Street Lights - All Out - Historical

Name Data type Values (sample) Description
Creation Date Floating Timestamp 10/9/2017 Request creation date
Status Text Completed - Dup Request status
Completion Date Floating Timestamp 10/11/2017 Request completion date
Service Request Number Text 17-06773249 Service number of the request
Type of Service Request Text Street Lights - All/Out Service request type
Street Address Text 2826 N TALMAN AVE Address of request
ZIP Code Number 60618 ZIP code value of request address
X Coordinate Number 1158230.1582963 X Coordinate value
Y Coordinate Number 1918676.90199051 Y Coordinate value
Ward Number 33 Ward Number value
Police District Number 14 Police District number
Community Area Number 21 Community Area number
Latitude Number 41.93259686594802 The request location latitude value. Latitude lines are parallel to the equator.
Longitude Number -87.6939355144751 The request location longitude value. Longitude lines run perpendicular to lines of latitude, and all pass through both poles.
Location Location (41.932596865948, -87.693935514475) Combined latitude and longitude values for the address

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Creation Date Status Completion Date Service Request Number Type of Service Request Street Address ZIP Code X Coordinate Y Coordinate Ward Police District Community Area Latitude Longitude Location
10/9/2017 Completed - Dup 10/11/2017 17-06773249 Street Lights - All/Out 2826 N TALMAN AVE 60618 1158230.158 1918676.902 33 14 21 41.93259686594802 -87.69393551 (41.932596865948, -87.693935514475)
10/11/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06816558 Street Lights - All/Out 6200 S LAKE SHORE DR 60637 1190863.778 1864244.283 5 3 42 41.78250135027194 -87.57577731 (41.782501350272, -87.575777307852)
3/20/2014 Completed - Dup 8/4/2017 14-00400272 Street Lights - All/Out 5730 N KINGSDALE AVE 60646 1143691.393 1937640.891 39 17 12 41.984920748899164 -87.74688744 (41.984920748899, -87.746887444765)
10/9/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06772762 Street Lights - All/Out 5246 S LUNA AVE 60638 1140255.697 1869109.118 14 8 56 41.79692498298546 -87.7612044 (41.796924982985, -87.761204398005)
10/10/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06786335 Street Lights - All/Out 954 E 111TH ST 60628 1184652.066 1831465.656 9 5 50 41.69270116620948 -87.59957553 (41.692701166209, -87.599575527098)
10/8/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06752801 Street Lights - All/Out 4399 N DAMEN AVE 60618 1162224.952 1929224.823 47 19 5 41.961458246672315 -87.67895915 (41.961458246672, -87.67895914919)
10/6/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06696916 Street Lights - All/Out 4730 N BROADWAY 60640 1167596.292 1931650.772 46 19 3 41.968000877697875 -87.65914105 (41.968000877698, -87.659141052722)
10/7/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06734666 Street Lights - All/Out 6449 S VERNON AVE 60637 1180358.718 1862347.753 20 3 42 41.77754460257851 -87.61434958 (41.777544602579, -87.61434958023)

311 Service Requests - Pot Holes Reported - Historical

Name Data type Values (sample) Description
Creation Date Floating Timestamp 4/25/2018 Request creation date
Status Text Completed Request status
Completion Date Floating Timestamp 4/26/2018 Request completion date
Service Request Number Text 18-01325016 Service number of the request
Type of Service Request Text Pothole in Street Service request type
Current Activity Text Final Outcome Latest Activity Description
Most Recent Action Text No Potholes Found Latest action taken
Number of Potholes Filled on Block 0 Count of repaired potholes
Street Address Text 5100 S LAWLER AVE Address of request
ZIP Code Number 60638 ZIP code value of request address
X Coordinate Number 1143556.31919224 X Coordinate value
Y Coordinate Number 1870339.26041166 Y Coordinate value
Ward Number 14 Ward Number value
Police District Number 8 Police District number
Community Area Number 56 Community Area number
SSA Number 26
Latitude double 41.80014700738077 This is the latitude value. Lines of latitude are parallel to the equator.
Longitude double -87.7492147421616 This is the longitude value. Lines of longitude run perpendicular to lines of latitude, and all pass through both poles.
Location Location (41.80014700738077, -87.7492147421616) Combined latitude and longitude values for the address

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Creation Date Status Completion Date Service Request Number Type of Service Request Current Activity Most Recent Action Number of Potholes Filled on Block Street Address ZIP Code X Coordinate Y Coordinate Ward Police District Community Area SSA Latitude Longitude Location
6/13/2012 Completed 6/18/2012 12-01071965 Pot Hole in Street Dispatch Crew Pothole Patched 14 7040 N FRANCISCO AVE 60645 1155793.815 1946654.94 50 24 2 42.0096087 -87.70227538 (42.009608698109, -87.702275384338)
6/15/2017 Completed 6/29/2017 17-03958579 Pothole in Street Final Outcome WM Sewer Cave In Inspection Transfer Outcome 0 4216 W CORTEZ ST 60651 1148081.734 1906667.21 37 11 23 41.89994838998482 -87.73187935 (41.899948389985, -87.731879353699)
1/13/2014 Completed 1/24/2014 14-00052283 Pot Hole in Street Final Outcome Pothole Patched 5 1200 S CANAL ST 60607 1173311.531 1894981.335 2 1 28 41.86717512472001 -87.63937581 (41.86717512472, -87.639375812581)
10/13/2015 Completed 11/24/2015 15-05364068 Pothole in Street Final Outcome Pothole Patched 3 6318 N WESTERN AVE 60659 1159171.947 1941877.852 50 24 2 43 41.996507559859445 -87.68999022 (41.996507559859, -87.689990223964)
2/23/2014 Completed 4/8/2014 14-00256448 Pot Hole in Street Final Outcome Pothole Patched 12 6800 N KEDZIE AVE 60645 1153845.564 1944905.48 50 0 2 42.004746892817465 -87.70949265 (42.004746892817, -87.709492653059)
10/16/2015 Completed 11/24/2015 15-05416322 Pothole in Street Final Outcome CDOT Asphalt Top Off Restoration Transfer Outcome 0 6430 N KEDZIE AVE 60645 1153862.527 1942457.906 50 0 2 43 41.998328665333965 -87.70950507 (41.998328665334, -87.7095050747)
4/1/2013 Completed 7/30/2013 13-00360362 Pot Hole in Street Final Outcome Pothole Patched 40 3738 N TRIPP AVE 60641 1147334.393 1924509.895 38 17 16 41.94928712004567 -87.73398704 (41.949287120046, -87.733987044713)

Sanitation Code Complaints

Name Data type Values (sample) Description
Creation Date Floating Timestamp 9/17/2017 Request creation date
Status Text Completed Request status
Completion Date Floating Timestamp 10/11/2017 Request completion date
Service Request Number Text 17-06208608 Service number of the request
Type of Service Request Text Sanitation Code Violation Service request type
What is the Nature of this Code Violation? Text Overflowing carts Latest Activity Description
Street Address Text 6327 S KENNETH AVE Address of request
ZIP Code Number 60629 ZIP code value of request address
X Coordinate Number 1147796.475 X Coordinate value
Y Coordinate Number 1862216.771 Y Coordinate value
Ward Number 13 Ward Number value
Police District Number 8 Police District number
Community Area Number 65 Community Area number
Latitude double 41.77787022898461 This is the latitude value. Lines of latitude are parallel to the equator.
Longitude double -87.73372735 This is the longitude value. Lines of longitude run perpendicular to lines of latitude, and all pass through both poles.
Location Location (41.932596865948, -87.693935514475) Combined latitude and longitude values for the address

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Creation Date Status Completion Date Service Request Number Type of Service Request What is the Nature of this Code Violation? Street Address ZIP Code X Coordinate Y Coordinate Ward Police District Community Area Latitude Longitude Location
9/17/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06208608 Sanitation Code Violation Overflowing carts 6327 S KENNETH AVE 60629 1147796.475 1862216.771 13 8 65 41.77787022898461 -87.73372735 (41.777870228985, -87.733727348463)
10/5/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06678788 Sanitation Code Violation Garbage in alley 3020 W MONTROSE AVE 60618 1155359.487 1929084.561 33 17 14 41.961214454744535 -87.70420422 (41.961214454745, -87.704204220358)
8/21/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-05591233 Sanitation Code Violation Garbage in yard 1500 S DAMEN AVE 60608 1163279.962 1892714.436 28 12 28 41.86124902532175 -87.67610892 (41.861249025322, -87.676108920835)
9/23/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06370432 Sanitation Code Violation Construction Site Cleanliness/Fence 6442 S CENTRAL AVE 60638 1140196.719 1861187.963 13 8 64 41.77518903 -87.76161383 (41.775189032012, -87.761613831651)
8/1/2017 Completed - Dup 8/4/2017 17-05101063 Sanitation Code Violation Garbage in alley 3016 W MONTROSE AVE 60618 1155405.587 1929085.161 33 17 14 41.96121517 -87.70403472 (41.961215172275, -87.704034715236)
9/26/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06440193 Sanitation Code Violation Other 8830 S WABASH AVE 60619 1178255.291 1846460.484 9 6 44 41.733996131384714 -87.6225419 (41.733996131385, -87.622541895911)
10/10/2017 Completed 10/11/2017 17-06786539 Sanitation Code Violation Other 4523 N LAWNDALE AVE 60625 1150908.388 1929805.543 35 17 14 41.963281388376565 -87.72054998 (41.963281388377, -87.7205499839)
5/31/2017 Completed 8/4/2017 17-03559234 Sanitation Code Violation Other 3359 W 19TH ST 60623 1154204.655 1890509.209 24 10 29 41.85538344067419 -87.70948151 (41.855383440674, -87.709481507782)

Data access

Azure Notebooks

# This is package is in preview.
from azureml.opendatasets import ChicagoSafety

from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import parser

end_date = parser.parse('2016-01-01')
start_date = parser.parse('2015-05-01')
safety = ChicagoSafety(start_date=start_date, end_date=end_date)
safety = safety.to_pandas_dataframe()
safety.info()

Azure Databricks

# This is a package in preview.
# You need to pip install azureml-opendatasets in Databricks cluster. https://video2.skills-academy.com/azure/data-explorer/connect-from-databricks#install-the-python-library-on-your-azure-databricks-cluster
from azureml.opendatasets import ChicagoSafety

from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import parser

end_date = parser.parse('2016-01-01')
start_date = parser.parse('2015-05-01')
safety = ChicagoSafety(start_date=start_date, end_date=end_date)
safety = safety.to_spark_dataframe()
display(safety.limit(5))

Azure Synapse

# This is a package in preview.
from azureml.opendatasets import ChicagoSafety

from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import parser

end_date = parser.parse('2016-01-01')
start_date = parser.parse('2015-05-01')
safety = ChicagoSafety(start_date=start_date, end_date=end_date)
safety = safety.to_spark_dataframe()
# Display top 5 rows
display(safety.limit(5))
# Display data statistic information
display(safety, summary = True)

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