Chicago Robbery

Chicago · Robbery · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chicago police open data recorded 5,822 robbery incidents, 2.4% of all 239,507 incidents reported in the city that year and down 36.1% from 2024. That is about 214 per 100,000 residents, compared with 136 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,079 robbery incidents have been published.

Robbery in Chicago by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)4,079——
20255,822214down 36.1%
20249,111335down 17.5%
202311,047406up 23.2%
20228,969330up 13.3%
20217,917291up 0.8%
20207,857289down 1.7%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 174,368 robbery incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most robbery (2025)

  1. Austin 354 incidents
  2. Near North Side 253 incidents
  3. South Shore 232 incidents
  4. Loop 228 incidents
  5. Near West Side 217 incidents
  6. Greater Grand Crossing 196 incidents
  7. Chatham 188 incidents
  8. North Lawndale 178 incidents

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

Questions

How many robbery incidents were reported in Chicago in 2025?

5,822, according to Chicago Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is robbery going up or down in Chicago?

Reported robbery was down 36.1% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 35.1% compared with 2022 (falling 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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