CurrentCrimeMap

Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in Chicago, IL

The violent crime rate in Chicago is 2,494 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to September 2026, counted the way Chicago Police Department records it. That is −6% compared with the previous 12 months.

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The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

2,494 per 100,000 residents, per year

6,146 reported in September 2026

−6% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

3,944 per 100,000 residents, per year

9,035 reported in September 2026

−2% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

6,855 per 100,000 residents, per year

16,178 reported in September 2026

−4% vs. the previous 12 months

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 2,746,388, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Violent crime counts homicide, assault and battery, and robbery (property taken by force or threat), as the FBI does. Property crime counts burglary, theft from vehicles, other theft, vehicle theft and property damage. How we count

Why these figures are bigger than Chicago’s FBI numbers

two ways of counting

The figures above come from Chicago Police Department’s own data, which counts every assault and battery it records. The national ranking counts only what each department reports to the FBI, which leaves simple assault out. On that measure Chicago shows 392 per 100,000 instead of 2,494.

The second reason for the gap

There is a second reason for the gap, and it matters more: this department reports to the FBI about half of what it records. Its own data is the complete one, so that is what this page shows, while the ranking keeps every city on the FBI’s single measure. See the ranking · How we count

Crime by neighborhood

77 community areas, 12 months to Sep 2026
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SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, last 12 months. Click an area for details.

Lowest violent crime rates

  1. Forest Glen437−82% vs. city
  2. Edison Park528−79% vs. city
  3. North Center622−75% vs. city
  4. Norwood Park635−75% vs. city
  5. Mount Greenwood682−73% vs. city

Highest violent crime rates

  1. Greater Grand Crossing8,091+224% vs. city
  2. Englewood7,696+209% vs. city
  3. West Garfield Park7,572+204% vs. city
  4. Washington Park7,504+201% vs. city
  5. North Lawndale6,496+160% vs. city
All 77 community areas, ranked by violent crime rate

RankCommunity areaViolent per 100kProperty per 100kResidentsvs. city
1Greater Grand Crossing8,0917,82029,143+224%
2Englewood7,6966,56223,195+209%
3West Garfield Park7,5727,22015,096+204%
4Washington Park7,5047,24412,313+201%
5North Lawndale6,4965,72233,958+160%
6Chatham6,2057,12729,942+149%
7East Garfield Park5,8756,46920,731+136%
8South Shore5,4966,55253,588+120%
9West Englewood5,3475,78528,144+114%
10Woodlawn5,1437,15523,801+106%
11Riverdale5,0193,53010,340+101%
12South Chicago4,7845,35727,551+92%
13Pullman4,7607,3706,744+91%
14Roseland4,6575,35836,635+87%
15Auburn Gresham4,5895,82743,779+84%
16Austin4,3384,46497,452+74%
17West Pullman4,2045,41024,549+69%
18South Deering4,1856,25512,854+68%
19Loop4,18310,31742,550+68%
20Grand Boulevard3,9637,14025,181+59%
21Avalon Park3,9345,6299,024+58%
22Near West Side3,7068,44168,165+49%
23Douglas3,6327,30721,088+46%
24Oakland3,5326,1416,937+42%
25New City3,3703,50440,065+35%
26Humboldt Park3,3004,15756,153+32%
27Calumet Heights3,2155,25411,229+29%
28Kenwood3,1766,27118,417+27%
29Washington Heights3,0064,49524,851+21%
30Chicago Lawn2,8783,04054,409+15%
31Morgan Park2,6113,78020,873+5%
32Lower West Side2,4703,99233,446−1%
33Armour Square2,4205,02013,885−3%
34Hegewisch2,4204,5038,927−3%
35O'Hare2,1814,28714,394−13%
36Rogers Park2,1232,55554,173−15%
37Near North Side2,1055,556107,331−16%
38Near South Side2,0803,29430,482−17%
39Uptown1,9563,90156,344−22%
40South Lawndale1,8651,92569,884−25%
41Gage Park1,8183,28236,081−27%
42East Side1,8042,70622,613−28%
43Hermosa1,7982,59122,576−28%
44McKinley Park1,7713,67614,854−29%
45Belmont Cragin1,6812,67772,088−33%
46Hyde Park1,6544,85330,599−34%
47Brighton Park1,6032,12642,994−36%
48Archer Heights1,5433,98113,414−38%
49West Elsdon1,5252,28517,901−39%
50Albany Park1,4692,08645,538−41%
51Ashburn1,4592,01242,007−41%
52Beverly1,4502,40319,521−42%
53West Town1,4455,28188,164−42%
54West Lawn1,4122,73931,942−43%
55Edgewater1,3702,28256,563−45%
56Avondale1,2893,76835,533−48%
57Bridgeport1,2812,48533,638−49%
58Logan Square1,2534,12471,192−50%
59West Ridge1,2441,80078,373−50%
60Clearing1,2401,94723,629−50%
61Garfield Ridge1,1622,24336,732−53%
62Portage Park1,1572,35363,031−54%
63Lake View1,1343,418102,827−55%
64Irving Park1,0952,07453,332−56%
65Lincoln Square1,0922,29341,651−56%
66North Park1,0902,22318,356−56%
67Dunning1,0231,60641,233−59%
68Jefferson Park9531,41526,649−62%
69Montclare9522,13614,280−62%
70Lincoln Park9003,74667,987−64%
71Mount Greenwood6821,10219,059−73%
72Norwood Park6351,17239,840−75%
73North Center6222,18036,014−75%
74Edison Park52862311,558−79%
75Forest Glen43786919,901−82%
—Burnside——2,304—
—Fuller Park——2,345—

Community areas are the city’s official 77 statistical neighborhoods. Population from the 2020 Census. Areas with fewer than 2,500 residents are shown with their counts but without a rate. Small areas swing more from month to month, so rates use the last 12 months.

All 77 community areas side by side, with property crime and the change from a year earlier: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate.

Reported crime by type

September 2026
  • Assault and batteryViolent, 5,687 reported207−2% vs. a year ago
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 427 reported16−4% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 32 reported1.2−32% vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 3,657 reported133−9% vs. a year ago
  • Property damage and arsonProperty, 2,150 reported78−6% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 1,476 reported54+7% vs. a year ago
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 1,220 reported44+20% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 532 reported19+3% vs. a year ago
  • Drug offensesOther, 561 reported20+2% vs. a year ago
  • Weapons offensesOther, 436 reported16−10% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
Assault and batteryViolent5,687207−1%−2%
RobberyViolent42716−20%−4%
HomicideViolent321.2−20%−32%
TheftProperty3,657133−7%−9%
Property damage and arsonProperty2,15078−11%−6%
Vehicle theftProperty1,47654−8%+7%
Theft from vehiclesProperty1,22044−7%+20%
BurglaryProperty53219−2%+3%
Drug offensesOther56120−1%+2%
Weapons offensesOther43616−11%−10%
About these categories

Categories follow the offense names used by Chicago Police Department, grouped into the FBI’s violent and property families. Robbery is violent crime, as the FBI counts it. Breaking into a car to steal from it is theft from vehicles, not burglary, as in the FBI’s national standard (NIBRS); burglary is entering a home or business. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Month by month

Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Violent crime −6%

02,0004,0006,0008,000OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep6,1466,266
Violent crimes per month in Chicago, IL, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Oct 20256018Oct 20246914
Nov 20255528Nov 20245971
Dec 20254951Dec 20245920
Jan 20264868Jan 20255170
Feb 20264826Feb 20254644
Mar 20265436Mar 20255817
Apr 20265728Apr 20255901
May 20266343May 20256317
Jun 20266053Jun 20256711
Jul 20266311Jul 20256664
Aug 20266291Aug 20256529
Sep 20266146Sep 20256266

Homicides −11%

020406080OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep3247
Homicides per month in Chicago, IL, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Oct 202536Oct 202460
Nov 202535Nov 202438
Dec 202528Dec 202442
Jan 202632Jan 202542
Feb 202625Feb 202521
Mar 202644Mar 202537
Apr 202632Apr 202523
May 202637May 202537
Jun 202646Jun 202543
Jul 202640Jul 202545
Aug 202640Aug 202546
Sep 202632Sep 202547

328 in 2026 through September, 341 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Oct 2024
Reported crime per month in Chicago, IL
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Sep 20266,1469,03532
Aug 20266,2919,81140
Jul 20266,3119,83940
Jun 20266,0539,37246
May 20266,34310,09637
Apr 20265,7288,88032
Mar 20265,4369,04344
Feb 20264,8267,46725
Jan 20264,8687,60432
Dec 20254,9518,47928
Nov 20255,5288,67635
Oct 20256,01810,02336
Sep 20256,2669,22147
Aug 20256,5299,88246
Jul 20256,66410,60945
Jun 20256,7119,80143
May 20256,3179,14737
Apr 20255,9018,78723
Mar 20255,8178,59937
Feb 20254,6447,14721
Jan 20255,1708,07842
Dec 20245,9209,12042
Nov 20245,9719,21238
Oct 20246,91410,60760

When crime happens in Chicago

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Chicago happened between 2 pm and midnight. Saturday had the most.

Violent crime busiest hour 3 pm

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Property crime busiest hour 6 pm

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Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Chicago Police Department; 2% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.

See the numbers by hour
Violent crime in Chicago by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am3139311,244
7 am4651,2661,731
8 am6661,7512,417
9 am7961,9482,744
10 am7932,1452,938
11 am8642,1883,052
12 pm9312,3473,278
1 pm8222,0312,853
2 pm9152,2113,126
3 pm1,0892,8993,988
4 pm1,0982,7773,875
5 pm9992,6263,625
6 pm1,0262,5283,554
7 pm1,0392,4483,487
8 pm1,0062,4083,414
9 pm9852,2823,267
10 pm1,0272,1673,194
11 pm1,1422,0823,224
12 am1,1351,9553,090
1 am1,1461,6452,791
2 am1,0811,2532,334
3 am9699681,937
4 am6677831,450
5 am4717121,183
Total with a known time21,44546,35167,796
Property crime in Chicago by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am7592,1022,861
7 am8442,3193,163
8 am9582,7303,688
9 am1,1802,9254,105
10 am1,3033,0724,375
11 am1,3213,0704,391
12 pm1,6183,9775,595
1 pm1,4363,4944,930
2 pm1,6123,6575,269
3 pm1,6433,8625,505
4 pm1,6593,8745,533
5 pm1,7514,1345,885
6 pm1,7564,3156,071
7 pm1,5363,7925,328
8 pm1,4473,5254,972
9 pm1,3233,2774,600
10 pm1,5133,3464,859
11 pm1,4312,7124,143
12 am1,2922,6013,893
1 am1,3072,2353,542
2 am1,2742,1963,470
3 am1,2002,3933,593
4 am1,0182,0783,096
5 am7511,9612,712
Total with a known time31,93273,647105,579

How Chicago compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
31Houston, TX8373,6792,413,559Mar 2026
38Philadelphia, PA7954,1631,562,379Jul 2026
58Phoenix, AZ6781,9051,688,662Jul 2026
66Los Angeles, CA6462,0833,898,747Aug 2026
86Dallas, TX5492,9921,304,379Sep 2026
94San Antonio, TX5253,6781,549,306Aug 2026
130Chicago, IL *3922,8562,746,388Mar 2026
133Las Vegas, NV3902,2951,712,136May 2026
135San Diego, CA3851,5511,409,432Aug 2026
176Miami-Dade County, FL (County Police)3041,5081,200,003Aug 2026

The 10 places closest to Chicago in population, Chicago included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
12Peoria, IL1,1813,663111,389Aug 2026
45Rockford, IL7512,209147,186Aug 2026
46Springfield, IL7474,256112,595Sep 2026
130Chicago, IL *3922,8562,746,388Mar 2026
175Joliet, IL3071,077152,211Aug 2026
222Aurora, IL2201,082180,824Dec 2025
240Elgin, IL178916114,717Mar 2026
299Naperville, IL56578154,062Jun 2026

All 8 places in Illinois on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
12Peoria, IL1,1813,663111,389Aug 2026
15Milwaukee, WI1,1262,342559,717Feb 2026
28Grand Rapids, MI8662,171200,467Jul 2026
45Rockford, IL7512,209147,186Aug 2026
130Chicago, IL *3922,8562,746,388Mar 2026
175Joliet, IL3071,077152,211Aug 2026
222Aurora, IL2201,082180,824Dec 2025
229Madison, WI2121,854287,992Mar 2026
240Elgin, IL178916114,717Mar 2026
299Naperville, IL56578154,062Jun 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Chicago by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

* Chicago, IL reports less to the FBI than it records; its own page leads with its own figures. Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Chicago side by side with Houston, Los Angeles or Las Vegas, or with any other place.

Other cities in Illinois

7 city pages, closest first

Illinois as a whole has 222 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026.

NapervilleAuroraJolietElginRockfordPeoriaSpringfield

All 8 cities in Illinois

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Chicago safe?

Chicago Police Department recorded 2,494 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to September 2026, −6% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood: Forest Glen runs 437 per 100,000 and Greater Grand Crossing 8,091.

What is the crime rate in Chicago?

2,494 violent and 3,944 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 188,259 incidents reported to Chicago Police Department over the 12 months to September 2026. Violent crime includes 4,844 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 5,793 burglaries, 13,416 thefts from vehicles and 45,026 other thefts. In September 2026 alone, 16,178 incidents were reported.

Is crime in Chicago going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −6% and property crime −2% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Chicago had in 2026?

Chicago Police Department reported 328 homicides from January to September 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 341 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Sep 2026 the count was 427, or 16 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Chicago Police Department, via City of Chicago Data Portal (dataset ijzp-q8t2). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Chicago

12 months to September 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat4,844176−28%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal5,793211−11%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included13,416488+51%
Vehicle theft18,342668+5%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, which overstates them where far more people work than live: Loop, Near West Side, O'Hare and Near North Side in Chicago.

The official source is Chicago Police Department data on City of Chicago Data Portal. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

ijzp-q8t2
Source
Chicago Police Department, via City of Chicago Data Portal (dataset ijzp-q8t2)
Latest complete month
September 2026
History on this site
September 2024 to September 2026 (25 months)
Update schedule
Published daily by the city, about a week behind. We refresh every morning.
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