A use-of-force report is required every time an officer uses physical force to effect an arrest and whenever an officer is injured while effecting an arrest. This data-set is broken down by type of force utilized. Note, however, that several types of force may be used in a single incident, e.g., the officer may have used a weaponless impact and also deployed a taser.

The City of Evanston has approximately 45 miles of protected bike lanes, bike lanes, bike routes and off-street paths.

Contains the Inspections for a Food Establishment Business during the current or previous year.

Food Establishment Businesses data set contains the Last Inspected date. If this date for the Business is newer than the most recent Inspection date in the Food Establishment Inspections data set, then the Business has a perfect score of 100.

It is possible to see a business with score of 100 where the Last Inspected Date matches the Inspection Date in the Food Establishment Inspections data set. However, the violation resulted in 0 points deducted from the score. Violations can result in a deduction of 0 to 5 points from a max score of 100.

Food Establishment Inspection data is contained in three data sets:

Food Establishment Businesses
Food Establishment Inspections
Food Establishment Violations

Data set relationships

Business: one to many -> Inspections (key: License Number)
Inspections: one to many -> Violations (key: License Number, Inspection Date)

The City of Evanston is divided into nine wards. One alderman is elected to represent each ward.

Total compensation for City of Evanston employees

Complaints against Department Members

City of Evanston tax parcels with PIN, landuse, and a link to the Cook County Property Tax Portal.

Dataset contains 2015, 2016, and 2017 Amended Budgets and 2018 Adopted Budgets.

Annual Report on open data activities at the City of Evanston

A comparison of GINI Coefficients between Evanston and the national average.
The GINI index, a measure of statistical dispersion intended to represent income distribution, is used to assess income inequality. This number, which ranges between 0 and 1, is based on residents' net income and helps define the gap between the rich and the poor, with 0 representing perfect equality and 1 representing perfect inequality.