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Tree Planting Request

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 Streets and Sanitation.

83,451

Requests all time

Excludes records the city flagged as duplicates

812

Filed in the last 30 days

up 8% vs the previous 30 days

21,787

Currently open

Status has not been set to Completed or Canceled

61,633

Completed all time

74% of all requests

Requests filed, last 12 months

Monthly totals, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Peak: 993.

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 174,460
  2. Ward 113,477
  3. Ward 453,097
  4. Ward 243,091
  5. Ward 322,871
  6. Ward 192,529
  7. Ward 312,505
  8. Ward 302,495
  9. Ward 122,495
  10. Ward 412,446

Community areas filing the most

  1. Auburn Gresham3,509
  2. Portage Park3,496
  3. Logan Square3,060
  4. West Town2,988
  5. South Lawndale2,677
  6. West Englewood2,619
  7. Bridgeport2,593
  8. North Lawndale2,401
  9. Irving Park2,225
  10. Belmont Cragin2,097

How these requests come in

  1. Internet45,032
  2. Phone Call16,428
  3. Mobile Device15,853
  4. Alderman's Office4,467
  5. Generated In House1,537
  6. Salesforce Mobile App99
  7. E-Mail27
  8. Walk-in4

Common questions

How do I file a "Tree Planting Request" 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 Streets and Sanitation.
How many "Tree Planting Request" requests does Chicago get?
83,451 have been filed in total, excluding duplicates the city flagged. 812 came in over the last 30 days, up 8% versus the previous 30 days.
How long does a "Tree Planting Request" 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: 74% of all "Tree Planting Request" requests are marked Completed and 26% 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.