Chicago Theft

Chicago · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chicago police open data recorded 55,392 theft incidents, 23.1% of all 239,507 incidents reported in the city that year and down 8.1% from 2024. That is about 2,035 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 43,639 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Chicago by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)43,639——
202555,3922,035down 8.1%
202460,2642,215up 5.2%
202357,3042,106up 5.0%
202254,5972,006up 34.5%
202140,5991,492down 1.7%
202041,2831,517down 33.7%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,047,484 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Near North Side 4,607 incidents
  2. Loop 3,335 incidents
  3. Near West Side 3,040 incidents
  4. Lake View 2,434 incidents
  5. West Town 2,265 incidents
  6. Austin 1,979 incidents
  7. Lincoln Park 1,693 incidents
  8. Logan Square 1,644 incidents

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

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Chicago in 2025?

55,392, according to Chicago Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Chicago?

Reported theft was down 8.1% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 1.5% compared with 2022 (roughly flat 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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