311 Requests

How the City of Worcester responds to public service requests on SeeClickFix.

Requests submitted in the past 12 months. Updated .

Summary

Requests by month

Mar 2025 to Oct 2026. Striped: recent months, still changing.

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MonthRequestsStill openTypical close
Oct 2026 (recent)11–
Dec 2025590590–
Nov 2025230230–
Oct 2025261261–
Sep 2025308308–
Aug 2025665665–
Jul 2025717717–
Jun 2025684684–
May 2025784784–
Apr 2025742742–
Mar 2025235235–

Requests per 1,000 residents, by ward

Past 12 months. Differences partly reflect how often people in each ward report problems.

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WardRequestsPer 1,000Still openTypical acknowledgeTypical close
Ward 11436.8143Under 1 hour–
Ward 2823.982Under 1 hour–
Ward 3984.798Under 1 hour–
Ward 41135.7113Under 1 hour–
Ward 5663.266Under 1 hour–
Ward 6582.858Under 1 hour–
Ward 7844.184Under 1 hour–
Ward 8401.940Under 1 hour–
Ward 91316.3131Under 1 hour–
Ward 10522.552Under 1 hour–

By category

Past 12 months. "Typical" means the median: half took less time, half took more.

CategoryRequestsStill openTypical acknowledgeTypical close
Recycling Bin Not Collected226226Under 1 hour–
Water Mains / Street Light Mark Outs217217Under 1 hour–
Litter Complaint8181Under 1 hour–
Street Light Out5959Under 1 hour–
General Complaint / Other5858Under 1 hour–
Tree Planting5151Under 1 hour–
Traffic Signal Defective3838Under 1 hour–
Illegal Dumping3737Under 1 hour–
Sidewalk Defective1818Under 1 hour–
Trash Bag Not Collected1212Under 1 hour–
20 more categories

Open requests by age

No update in over a year

4,229 of the 5,217 open requests haven't been updated on SeeClickFix in over a year: no status change, comment, or edit. SeeClickFix doesn't show whether these were fixed and never closed, or never handled.

By category and ward
Open requests with no update in over a year, by category
CategoryRequests
Water Mains / Street Light Mark Outs2,424
Litter Complaint333
General Complaint / Other302
Recycling Bin Not Collected269
Street Light Out153
Traffic Signal Defective148
Illegal Dumping127
Pothole104
Sidewalk Defective81
Buildings - General42
Housing - General Conditions39
Trash Bag Not Collected28
Tree Inspection27
Tree Branches In Public Way25
Parks - Complaint20
Street Sign - New or Missing19
Traffic Sign Broken or Fallen15
Winter Street Not Plowed15
Water (No Water)14
Housing - Rodents8
Flooding Condition on Street7
Hydrant Leaking7
Housing - Emergency Conditions5
Washout On Street4
Spring Sweeping3
Abandoned Vehicle2
Catch Basin - Blocked2
Winter Snow Plow Complaints2
Winter Street Needs Sand or Salt2
Food Complaint1
Graffiti on Public Property1
Open requests with no update in over a year, by ward
WardRequests
Ward 3579
Ward 9555
Ward 4495
Ward 10472
Ward 1462
Ward 5419
Ward 7384
Ward 2292
Ward 6292
Ward 8275
Outside wards4

Longest-open requests

  1. Water Mains / Street Light Mark Outs (opens in new tab)158 Norfolk Street · Ward 4 · Open since
  2. Water Mains / Street Light Mark Outs (opens in new tab)25 Quinsigamond Avenue · Ward 10 · Open since
  3. Water Mains / Street Light Mark Outs (opens in new tab)476 Park Avenue · Ward 7 · Open since
  4. Flooding Condition on Street (opens in new tab)430–470 Mill St · Ward 7 · Open since
  5. General Complaint / Other (opens in new tab)84 Lovell Street · Ward 7 · Open since
  6. General Complaint / Other (opens in new tab)Coes Pond Massachusetts, 01602 · Ward 7 · Open since
  7. Street Sign - New or Missing (opens in new tab)Pointe Rok Dr & Westborough St · Open since
  8. Water Mains / Street Light Mark Outs (opens in new tab)211 Millbury Street · Ward 10 · Open since
  9. Water Mains / Street Light Mark Outs (opens in new tab)165 Highland Street · Ward 10 · Open since
  10. Water Mains / Street Light Mark Outs (opens in new tab)9 Sheridan Street · Ward 8 · Open since

Opened in the past 30 days

1 request from the past 30 days is still open.

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  1. Parking Enforcement (opens in new tab)1–99 Elm St · Ward 10 · Submitted

Repeat locations

0 places had a problem reported again after an earlier request there was closed, in the past 12 months.

Data from seeclickfix.com (opens in new tab), used under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (opens in new tab) license. Public requests only; recorded back to March 20, 2025. A typical time from fewer than 5 requests shows "Not enough data". In the tables, – means fewer than 5 requests, too few for a typical time, or, for requests outside the wards, no population to count per 1,000 residents. Methodology.