Chicago crime — March 2026
18,000 reported incidents · 0 arrests recorded in this sample.
LocalCrimeVault currently indexes 18,000 Chicago Police Department incidents whose report date falls in March 2026 (2026-03). Eighteen thousand is a city-wide monthly total from the CPD incident extract on the city open-data portal. It is not a conviction count, not a unique-person count, and not limited to one IUCR type. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges.
Key figures
- 18,000 Chicago CPD incidents in this index have a report date in March 2026.
- The total is city-wide and includes all IUCR primary types.
- The month is defined by report date, which can differ from occurrence date.
- Counts are police reports, not convictions.
18,000 reports in a single calendar month
The March 2026 slice holds 18,000 indexed rows with report dates in that month. Property types, person types, and residual IUCR categories all sit in the same total. Readers looking for a "violent crime in March" number must filter the table; the headline 18,000 is the unfiltered mix.
Eighteen thousand is a round figure in this harvest. It is still a count of incident records, not a rounded estimate invented for this page. If a later extract moves off 18,000, the live table is the update. Cite the indexed total as of the harvest you used.
March 2026's 18,000 rows should be cited with the report-date rule every time, because 18,000 is a round number people may mistake for an estimate. It is the harvest count. The live table lists the rows.
Report date versus when an event occurred
This packet defines the month by report date in 2026-03. A report taken in March can describe an earlier occurrence. An occurrence in March can be reported later and miss this slice. The packet facts do not include an occurrence-date twin total. Quote 18,000 as report-date volume.
Weekend versus weekday splits are not packet facts. If the table has a date-time column, you can sort it. This narrative will not invent a Friday-night subtotal.
Type mix inside 18,000 is a researcher's filter, not a packet fact. Publishing a March battery subtotal here would invent a number. Use the overlay. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges in the month mix.
Full neighborhood guide: Chicago police reports — March 2026 →
Questions
- How many Chicago police reports are indexed for March 2026?
- LocalCrimeVault currently indexes 18,000 CPD incidents with a report date in March 2026. The source is Chicago Police Department open data. The figure counts police reports of every IUCR primary type, not convictions. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges. The 18,000 figure is a harvest total for March 2026 report dates and can move later.
- Is 18,000 a rounded estimate?
- It is the indexed incident count in this packet: 18,000 rows with report dates in March 2026. Treat it as a harvest total, which can move if CPD adds or updates source rows. It is not a conviction estimate and not a unique-offender estimate. The live table is the detail. Occurrence date is not a second total in this packet; quote 18,000 as report date.
- Does March 2026 mean the incident happened in March?
- The slice uses report date in 2026-03. Occurrence date can differ. This packet does not include a separate occurrence-date count. Quote 18,000 as the report-date monthly total LocalCrimeVault indexed from the city open-data feed. The 18,000 headline is city-wide among official community areas, not one neighborhood.
- Does a March 2026 incident mean someone was convicted?
- No. Public rows are reports. The 18,000 count is monthly report volume. Court outcomes live in other systems. Block-level maps are not identifications of residents. Official community area names are city geography, not informal nicknames. The 18,000 count is monthly report volume from CPD, not convictions.
Monthly counts are CPD incidents with a report date in that month, via LocalCrimeVault.