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Chicago Crime Rate Report (Illinois)

Chicago crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Chicago for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Chicago in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 28.33% and the city property crime rate in Chicago was higher than the national property crime rate average by 91.71%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Chicago was higher than the violent crime rate in Illinois by 67.51% and the city property crime rate in Chicago was higher than the property crime rate in Illinois by 95.19%.

Property and Violent Crime
Chicago Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Chicago Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Chicago Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault3,748
Arson364
Burglary6,182
Larceny and Theft55,692
Motor Vehicle Theft18,027
Murder and Manslaughter346
Rape1,651
Robbery5,672
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)133,807
Property Crime79,901
Violent Crime11,417
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,511
Arson262
Burglary5,145
Larceny and Theft50,363
Motor Vehicle Theft23,858
Murder and Manslaughter441
Rape1,457
Robbery7,339
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)131,298
Property Crime77,392
Violent Crime10,749

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Chicago Property Crime

Chicago Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Chicago Crime 2025

Chicago Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Chicago Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Chicago Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Chicago, Illinois crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Chicago crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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