Chicago Burglary

Chicago · Burglary · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chicago police open data recorded 9,821 burglary incidents, 4.1% of all 239,507 incidents reported in the city that year and up 16.8% from 2024. That is about 361 per 100,000 residents, compared with 412 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 12,377 burglary incidents have been published.

Burglary in Chicago by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)12,377——
20259,821361up 16.8%
20248,408309up 12.6%
20237,468274down 1.3%
20227,568278up 13.9%
20216,647244down 23.7%
20208,706320down 9.5%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 239,622 burglary incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most burglary (2025)

  1. West Town 531 incidents
  2. Near West Side 482 incidents
  3. Austin 371 incidents
  4. South Shore 359 incidents
  5. Lake View 320 incidents
  6. Logan Square 294 incidents
  7. Near North Side 286 incidents
  8. Lincoln Park 269 incidents

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

Questions

How many burglary incidents were reported in Chicago in 2025?

9,821, according to Chicago Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is burglary going up or down in Chicago?

Reported burglary was up 16.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 29.8% 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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