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Street Light Pole Damage Complaint

How to report it, who handles it, and how often Chicagoans actually file it — from the city's 311 Service Requests dataset. These requests are handled by CDOT - Department of Transportation.

34,025

Requests all time

Excludes records the city flagged as duplicates

405

Filed in the last 30 days

down 22% vs the previous 30 days

1,950

Currently open

Status has not been set to Completed or Canceled

31,573

Completed all time

93% of all requests

Requests filed, last 12 months

Monthly totals, Sep 2025Aug 2026. Peak: 861.

How to report this

  • Online at 311.chicago.gov
  • By calling 311 (or 312-744-5000 from outside Chicago)
  • Through the CHI311 mobile app

Whichever way you file, you get a service request number you can use to check status — and the request becomes a public record. That public record is exactly what this page is showing you.

Wards filing the most

  1. Ward 421,190
  2. Ward 281,128
  3. Ward 191,059
  4. Ward 101,037
  5. Ward 211,027
  6. Ward 8997
  7. Ward 27986
  8. Ward 4936
  9. Ward 34936
  10. Ward 38917

Community areas filing the most

  1. Austin1,117
  2. Near West Side1,076
  3. Near North Side1,059
  4. Loop983
  5. West Town933
  6. Logan Square787
  7. Roseland743
  8. Portage Park726
  9. Lincoln Park647
  10. South Shore632

How these requests come in

  1. Phone Call24,852
  2. Mobile Device3,867
  3. Internet3,721
  4. Alderman's Office1,288
  5. Salesforce Mobile App110
  6. spot-open311-Chicago+Works76
  7. spot-open311-SeeClickFix39
  8. E-Mail25

Common questions

How do I file a "Street Light Pole Damage Complaint" request with Chicago 311?
Three ways, all of which create the same public record: online at 311.chicago.gov, by calling 311 from inside the city (or 312-744-5000 from outside it), or through the CHI311 mobile app. Give the exact address or nearest intersection — requests without a usable location are the ones that stall. Requests of this type are routed to CDOT - Department of Transportation.
How many "Street Light Pole Damage Complaint" requests does Chicago get?
34,025 have been filed in total, excluding duplicates the city flagged. 405 came in over the last 30 days, down 22% versus the previous 30 days.
How long does a "Street Light Pole Damage Complaint" request take to close?
The city does not publish a target response time for this request type, and this page does not estimate one. What the data does show: 93% of all "Street Light Pole Damage Complaint" requests are marked Completed and 6% are still Open. The rest were canceled — usually duplicates or requests that turned out to be someone else's jurisdiction.
Is my 311 request public?
Yes. Every service request becomes a public record in the city's open data portal, including the type, status, the street address (block level), the ward, and the dates it was opened and closed. That is exactly what this page is built from. Your name and phone number are not published.

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Source

Counts exclude records the city flagged as duplicates. Figures are recomputed from the source data at least hourly.