Criminal Sexual Assault in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
2,934 indexed reports · 0.7% of Chicago incidents · 0 arrests in recent sample.
What is criminal sexual assault in Chicago?
Criminal sexual assault is sexual penetration accomplished by force, threat of force, or against a victim unable to give knowing consent. Under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/11-1.20) it is a Class 1 felony, rising to aggravated criminal sexual assault — with weapons, bodily harm, or other aggravating factors — a Class X felony. Illinois abolished its statute of limitations for major sex crimes in 2017.
Chicago PD files these under criminal-sexual-assault IUCR codes, split into non-aggravated and aggravated descriptions with the means of force noted. Reporting is victim-initiated and the category is widely understood to undercount actual incidence.
LocalCrimeVault has 2,934 criminal sexual assault reports indexed in Chicago — 0.7% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (June 2026) logged 124 reports, up from 36 in May 2026.
Latest reports
| Date | Offense | Arrest? | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |
Other offense types in Chicago
Top categories citywide: Theft (99,072), Battery (76,864), Criminal Damage (47,011).
How common is criminal sexual assault in Chicago?
Criminal Sexual Assault accounts for 2,934 indexed police reports in Chicago (0.7% of tracked offenses). Data comes from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- How many criminal sexual assault incidents are in Chicago?
- LocalCrimeVault has 2,934 indexed criminal sexual assault reports in Chicago, sourced from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- What share of criminal sexual assault reports lead to arrest?
- In our most recent sample of 5 criminal sexual assault records, 0 (0.0%) include an arrest flag in the source data.
- How often is criminal sexual assault data updated?
- Chicago crime records sync nightly from the open-data portal. New reports appear on type and incident pages after the sync and deploy pipeline completes.
Recent criminal sexual assault reports
| Date | Offense | Arrest? | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Criminal Sexual Assault | No | View → |