Chicago Assault

Chicago · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chicago police open data recorded 64,419 assault incidents, 26.9% of all 239,507 incidents reported in the city that year and down 7.4% from 2024. That is about 2,367 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 55,242 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Chicago by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)55,242——
202564,4192,367down 7.4%
202469,5732,557up 4.1%
202366,8362,456up 8.3%
202261,7282,268up 1.5%
202160,7892,234up 1.8%
202059,7322,195down 14.8%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,191,578 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Austin 3,786 incidents
  2. South Shore 2,762 incidents
  3. Near West Side 2,379 incidents
  4. Near North Side 2,183 incidents
  5. Greater Grand Crossing 2,146 incidents
  6. North Lawndale 2,068 incidents
  7. Auburn Gresham 1,946 incidents
  8. Englewood 1,749 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Chicago in 2025?

64,419, according to Chicago Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Chicago?

Reported assault was down 7.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 4.4% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Chicago Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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