Chicago, IL crime rate
In 2025 the Chicago Police Department reported 420.4 violent crimes and 2,955.8 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Illinois and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Check in progress. The FBI's count of aggravated assaults for Chicago (3,386 in 2024 and 3,748 in 2025) is far below the City of Chicago's own crime data for the same years (7,908 and 6,588 incidents coded aggravated assault; 16,097 and 13,717 with aggravated battery, checked October 29, 2026). We show the FBI figures unchanged while the difference is unexplained. The FBI's murder count (461 in 2024 and 346 in 2025) is also more than 15% below the city's homicide count (593 and 436). City data.
How does Chicago compare with Illinois and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Chicago only.
What offenses were reported in Chicago, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Illinois | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 11,417 | 420.4 | 251.0 | 327.6 | down 22.1% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Murder | 346 | 12.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | down 27.4% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Rape | 1,651 | 60.8 | 45.4 | 36.1 | up 3.4% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 5,672 | 208.9 | 60.5 | 49.4 | down 37.7% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 3,748 | 138.0 | 140.7 | 238.0 | up 7.6% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 80,265 | 2,955.8 | 1,507.5 | 1,534.8 | down 15.3% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 6,182 | 227.7 | 160.5 | 193.6 | down 22.8% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 55,692 | 2,050.9 | 1,109.1 | 1,144.1 | down 11.6% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 18,027 | 663.9 | 237.9 | 197.0 | down 22.7% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Arson | 364 | 13.4 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 23.4% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Chicago Police Department and sent to the FBI. Illinois and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Chicago | United States | Illinois |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 7 of 12 months | 387.0 | 344.8 |
| 2022 | 540.0 | 388.7 | 290.5 |
| 2023 | 606.9 | 379.5 | 308.7 |
| 2024 | 539.8 | 362.9 | 290.3 |
| 2025 | 420.4 | 327.6 | 251.0 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Chicago | United States | Illinois |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 7 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 1,393.3 |
| 2022 | 3,138.7 | 1,973.8 | 1,692.6 |
| 2023 | 3,440.5 | 1,934.1 | 1,706.0 |
| 2024 | 3,489.9 | 1,761.1 | 1,725.3 |
| 2025 | 2,955.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,507.5 |
Is Chicago safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Chicago Police Department reported, 420.4 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Illinois's 251.0, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 22.1% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
The Chicago Police Department's 2025 count of violent crimes reported to the FBI was 11,417, a rate of 420.4 per 100,000 residents covered by the Chicago Police Department. That rate was above the Illinois estimate of 251.0, and 1.3 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime was 2,955.8 per 100,000, against 1,507.5 for Illinois and 1,534.8 for the US.
2021 is a partial year, 7 of 12 months, so the trend runs from 2022. The violent crime rate was 540.0 in 2022 and 539.8 in 2024, then fell 22.1% in 2025. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses from 2022 to 2025, 44.3%, to 12.7 per 100,000 (346 homicides), which is 3.1 times the US rate.
Robbery dropped 37.7% in the last year, the largest fall among violent offenses, but at 208.9 per 100,000 it was 4.2 times the national rate. Rape went the other way, up 17.4% since 2022. Motor vehicle theft, 663.9 per 100,000, was 3.4 times the US rate after falling 22.7% from 2024.
Larceny-theft made up 69% of property crime. The department has reported to NIBRS since 2021. University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago State University and University of Chicago police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 4.53 per 1,000 residents (11,542 officers, 758 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Illinois cities
The nearest Illinois cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Chicago Police Department (ORI ILCPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Illinois and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_ILCPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chicago Police Department (ILCPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_ILCPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)