Chicago Other Crime
Chicago · Other Crime · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Chicago police open data recorded 40,845 other crime incidents, 17.1% of all 239,507 incidents reported in the city that year and down 1.4% from 2024. That is about 1,501 per 100,000 residents, compared with 2,329 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 34,082 other crime incidents have been published.
Other Crime in Chicago by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 34,082 | — | — |
| 2025 | 40,845 | 1,501 | down 1.4% |
| 2024 | 41,404 | 1,521 | up 4.0% |
| 2023 | 39,822 | 1,463 | up 6.4% |
| 2022 | 37,422 | 1,375 | up 3.0% |
| 2021 | 36,328 | 1,335 | down 5.5% |
| 2020 | 38,454 | 1,413 | down 27.2% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 945,822 other crime incidents.
What “Other” includes
- Other offenses 529,005
- Drug offenses 312,216
- Weapons offenses 96,615
- Harassment 5,151
- Threats 2,835
Neighborhoods with the most other crime (2025)
- Austin 2,540 incidents
- North Lawndale 2,061 incidents
- Humboldt Park 1,963 incidents
- Loop 1,379 incidents
- Near West Side 1,359 incidents
- South Shore 1,272 incidents
- Near North Side 1,249 incidents
- Greater Grand Crossing 1,165 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many other crime incidents were reported in Chicago in 2025?
40,845, according to Chicago Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is other crime going up or down in Chicago?
Reported other crime was down 1.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 9.1% 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.
Other crime types in Chicago
- Chicago assault 64,419 in 2025
- Chicago theft 55,392 in 2025
- Chicago vandalism 26,309 in 2025
- Chicago auto theft 17,389 in 2025
- Chicago fraud 15,746 in 2025
- Chicago burglary 9,821 in 2025
- Chicago robbery 5,822 in 2025
- Chicago sexual assault 3,327 in 2025
- Chicago homicide 437 in 2025