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CPD Reported Crimes

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What will you find here?

This dashboard allows users to search and explore City crime data: what kinds of crime are happening in Chicago, where crime is happening down to the beat level, crime trends, and clearance rates. Expand the definitions below to understand “counts” as defined as cases or offenses, Chicago Police Department (CPD) reporting of crimes, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) crime classifications. Use the interactive map to display data by community area, police district, and police beat.

Some questions that can be answered using data from this dashboard are:

  • Which type of crime happens most often in Chicago?
  • How many robberies were cleared in Archer Heights in 2023?
  • Which crime categories have seen a percentage decrease in reports since this time last year?

Some key definitions for this dashboard (click to expand/collapse):

District
Chicago is divided into 22 police districts, which are geographic subdivisions each overseen by a Commander.

Beat
A beat is a specific tract of land designated for primary police patrol and are shown on the dashboard based on their inclusion in the CPD map of beat boundaries.

Click here to find your beat. 

Case Incident Report
In most cases, a Case Incident Report documents a reported crime and is uniquely identifiable by a Records Division (RD) Number. Case Incident Reports contain details of the incident including victim(s), suspect(s), offense description, and a narrative. One Case Incident Report may document multiple offenses, for example assault in addition to motor vehicle theft. When counting by Number of CPD Reports, the  case will only be counted under the most serious offense. When counting by Number of Offenses, each offense will be counted separately. The terms “cases” and “CPD reports” in this dashboard refer to Case Incident Reports.

Homicides
CPD counts homicides differently than other crimes. Homicides are counted as the number of victims in an incident. For example, a single incident with three victims would be counted as three homicides.

FBI Description
The FBI description is a grouping of offenses defined by the FBI for National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) so that crimes can be more easily compared across the country. The CPD determines which description applies to an offense. Descriptions of offenses from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and how they are used can be found below.

Descriptions of Offenses from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Information Regarding the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

Clearance Rate
Clearance rate is a metric used to compare how frequently crimes occur and how frequently crimes are closed or “cleared”. Clearance rates are calculated by dividing the number of crimes of a given type that are cleared in a timeframe, regardless of when they occurred, by the number of crimes of that same type that occurred in the timeframe.

Data Sources

All information presented in this dashboard is based on data stored in CPD databases. This dashboard includes data from 2013 through the month preceding the last update date in the top left corner of the dashboard. The data is typically refreshed monthly on the 8th day of the month and is current through the last update date.