Public court records are used to create tenant blacklists, making it difficult for tenants with eviction court records to find new housing. Because the impact of an eviction filing is so detrimental, having a court record sealed can often be more important than the actual outcome of the case. Current law allows for the sealing of foreclosure-related eviction cases, and presumably a large portion of cases were sealed for that reason. The law also allows cases to be sealed if they are sufficiently without a basis in fact or law. The 2014 uptick in sealed cases is due in large part to a general order outlining procedures to ensure that all new post-foreclosure eviction filings in the First Municipal District of Cook County be identified as foreclosure-related and sealed at the beginning of the case.
Sealed Cases (%) presented with eviction filing rate. Select "2010" to display 2010 values, "2019" for 2019 values, or "Avg" to display 10-year averages (this is the default display).
| Ward | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Ward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward 1 | 4.9% | 5.1% | 7% | 10% | 14% | 25% | 15.5% | 14.9% | 8.5% | 9.1% | Ward 1 |
| Ward 10 | 7% | 5% | 6.3% | 6.5% | 11.3% | 18.3% | 15.7% | 10.9% | 11.4% | 12.7% | Ward 10 |
| Ward 11 | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 5.5% | 11.3% | 15.3% | 17.3% | 10.9% | 12.4% | 10.7% | Ward 11 |
| Ward 12 | 7.6% | 4% | 8.9% | 8.7% | 13.4% | 19.5% | 23.8% | 14.6% | 20.6% | 12.7% | Ward 12 |
| Ward 13 | 10.2% | 11.1% | 19.1% | 16.2% | 26.8% | 33.3% | 32.4% | 20.6% | 22.1% | 15.1% | Ward 13 |
| Ward 14 | 9.4% | 6% | 16.1% | 9.7% | 11.9% | 27% | 28.5% | 15.8% | 21.4% | 18.1% | Ward 14 |
| Ward 15 | 8.6% | 5.2% | 9.8% | 13.8% | 18.2% | 21.8% | 23.9% | 21.9% | 17.1% | 15.1% | Ward 15 |
| Ward 16 | 8.1% | 4.5% | 8% | 10.2% | 14.3% | 19.4% | 19.4% | 12.8% | 18.9% | 15.1% | Ward 16 |
| Ward 17 | 5.5% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 6.9% | 11% | 16.5% | 17.9% | 14.6% | 14.6% | 13.6% | Ward 17 |
| Ward 18 | 8.9% | 9.8% | 9.4% | 17.9% | 18% | 30.4% | 33.2% | 17.5% | 21.2% | 13.6% | Ward 18 |
| Ward 19 | 2.8% | 4% | 3.4% | 12.9% | 11% | 17.1% | 18.9% | 13.3% | 10.5% | 10.8% | Ward 19 |
| Ward 2 | 2% | 2.6% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 8.6% | 13.2% | 8.9% | 8.3% | 7.8% | Ward 2 |
| Ward 20 | 6.6% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 6.4% | 11.3% | 15.6% | 12.2% | 10.4% | 11.8% | 11.7% | Ward 20 |
| Ward 21 | 4.6% | 3.2% | 3% | 6.2% | 9.9% | 17.2% | 17.6% | 16.7% | 15.3% | 15.5% | Ward 21 |
| Ward 22 | 4.8% | 8.1% | 13.3% | 20.2% | 12.4% | 24.6% | 29.5% | 22.5% | 17.4% | 17.8% | Ward 22 |
| Ward 23 | 6.3% | 5.5% | 11.9% | 11.9% | 16.7% | 33.7% | 22.6% | 18.1% | 17.4% | 13.9% | Ward 23 |
| Ward 24 | 6.2% | 3% | 5.8% | 8.7% | 10.1% | 19.7% | 16.4% | 14.9% | 10.3% | 13% | Ward 24 |
| Ward 25 | 3.6% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 11.4% | 10.5% | 9.2% | 12.7% | 8.2% | 10.9% | 8.6% | Ward 25 |
| Ward 26 | 6.4% | 5.9% | 8.4% | 7.7% | 18.2% | 19.7% | 20.1% | 14.3% | 13.9% | 12.6% | Ward 26 |
| Ward 27 | 2.6% | 2.4% | 4.9% | 6.6% | 8.9% | 14.5% | 13.2% | 10.6% | 9.6% | 11.2% | Ward 27 |
| Ward 28 | 4.8% | 3.9% | 5.3% | 4.6% | 10.6% | 14.4% | 16.2% | 15.9% | 13.7% | 13.8% | Ward 28 |
| Ward 29 | 5% | 3.8% | 5% | 6.3% | 12.6% | 14.3% | 17.6% | 12.2% | 12.9% | 11.8% | Ward 29 |
| Ward 3 | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4.2% | 4% | 7.6% | 12.9% | 15% | 7.7% | 8.3% | 9.6% | Ward 3 |
| Ward 30 | 9.3% | 10% | 12.9% | 12.3% | 20.1% | 20.9% | 21.5% | 19.4% | 19.2% | 14.6% | Ward 30 |
| Ward 31 | 11.6% | 8% | 11.5% | 15.3% | 19.6% | 25.7% | 22% | 16.3% | 14.1% | 14.8% | Ward 31 |
| Ward 32 | 3.3% | 2.1% | 8.4% | 6.5% | 10.8% | 12.3% | 9.1% | 14.4% | 15.8% | 8.1% | Ward 32 |
| Ward 33 | 7.4% | 8.4% | 6.1% | 11.9% | 13% | 22.1% | 17.9% | 13.9% | 10.8% | 16.1% | Ward 33 |
| Ward 34 | 10% | 5.7% | 9.4% | 12.5% | 17% | 26.4% | 26.6% | 23.8% | 17.1% | 21.8% | Ward 34 |
| Ward 35 | 3.5% | 5.2% | 9.3% | 10.6% | 17.7% | 23.4% | 23.9% | 12.1% | 16.8% | 17.7% | Ward 35 |
| Ward 36 | 13% | 12.8% | 17% | 18% | 20.6% | 21.4% | 23% | 19.3% | 31.1% | 10.9% | Ward 36 |
| Ward 37 | 6.3% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 6.6% | 11% | 17.7% | 22.6% | 21.5% | 14.7% | 13.2% | Ward 37 |
| Ward 38 | 11% | 8.5% | 12.4% | 12.2% | 19.5% | 24% | 25.7% | 18.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% | Ward 38 |
| Ward 39 | 5.6% | 5.8% | 8.9% | 9% | 14.9% | 18.9% | 17.4% | 12.7% | 22% | 13.1% | Ward 39 |
| Ward 4 | 2.4% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 2% | 6.2% | 8.7% | 11.8% | 7.4% | 9.4% | 8.7% | Ward 4 |
| Ward 40 | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.7% | 8% | 14.1% | 15.3% | 17.4% | 17.7% | 10.6% | 10.8% | Ward 40 |
| Ward 41 | 3.5% | 3.7% | 5.6% | 10.7% | 7.3% | 11.2% | 14.7% | 7.5% | 4.5% | 5.4% | Ward 41 |
| Ward 42 | 1.5% | 1.3% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 4% | 5.8% | 7.4% | 6% | 4.8% | 5.5% | Ward 42 |
| Ward 43 | 2.5% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0% | 4.7% | 7% | 15.5% | 7.5% | 9.1% | 10.1% | Ward 43 |
| Ward 44 | 1% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5.8% | 7.9% | 6.6% | 4.1% | 4.9% | 8% | Ward 44 |
| Ward 45 | 7.4% | 4% | 6.8% | 8.4% | 15.6% | 16.3% | 18.5% | 18.9% | 14.4% | 8.7% | Ward 45 |
| Ward 46 | 0.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 4% | 6.6% | 7.8% | 6.9% | 5.1% | 5.4% | Ward 46 |
| Ward 47 | 3.1% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 8% | 12.2% | 15.5% | 12.7% | 9.4% | 10.8% | Ward 47 |
| Ward 48 | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 8.5% | 10.1% | 11.5% | 9.1% | 7.5% | 7.5% | Ward 48 |
| Ward 49 | 1.8% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 10.4% | 10.8% | 11.7% | 8.2% | 8.1% | 7.6% | Ward 49 |
| Ward 5 | 2.1% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | 8.2% | 9.8% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 8.1% | Ward 5 |
| Ward 50 | 6.2% | 5.3% | 7.1% | 4.8% | 14.1% | 13.6% | 19.3% | 15.2% | 10.1% | 17.5% | Ward 50 |
| Ward 6 | 5% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 7.6% | 11.7% | 15.9% | 15.1% | 11.8% | 12% | 15.9% | Ward 6 |
| Ward 7 | 4% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 3.4% | 7.2% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 8.6% | 8.8% | 10.4% | Ward 7 |
| Ward 8 | 4.2% | 2.4% | 3.6% | 5.2% | 8.7% | 14.5% | 12.4% | 9.1% | 12.1% | 13.1% | Ward 8 |
| Ward 9 | 3.8% | 3.9% | 4% | 6.2% | 9.5% | 17.3% | 15.2% | 14.6% | 13.5% | 13.4% | Ward 9 |
