Interference With Public Officer in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
1,740 indexed reports · 0.4% of Chicago incidents · 1 arrests in recent sample.
Chicago Police Department records in this index include 1,525 incidents coded as Interference With Public Officer, about 0.4 percent of 410,083 Chicago reports. This IUCR primary type covers resisting, obstructing, and related officer-encounter codes as CPD labeled them. The 1,525 figure counts public incident reports, not convictions. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges.
Key figures
- 1,525 Chicago incidents are coded Interference With Public Officer — about 0.4% of 410,083 city reports.
- The IUCR type is encounter-related reports as CPD labeled them, not battery and not COPA complaints.
- Counts are police reports, not convictions.
- LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges.
Encounter-generated reports
Interference With Public Officer rows typically start in an interaction with a peace officer: resisting, obstructing, or similar IUCR codes when that is the primary type on the public extract. They are not a substitute for battery against an officer (which may be filed as Battery) and not a substitute for a civilian complaint register tally. The 1,525 count is this primary type only.
Because the type is encounter-based, volume can follow stop, arrest, and demonstration activity. This packet does not include a stop count, so none is quoted. Read 1,525 as report volume, not as a verdict on any protest or any neighborhood.
Resisting and obstructing language, when present, lives on IUCR codes inside the 1,525 rows among 410,083 city incidents (about 0.4 percent). This packet has no code subtotal. Filter the overlay. Battery of an officer, if filed as Battery, sits on the battery hub.
Cite 1,525 with the 410,083 city denominator (about 0.4 percent). Encounter-generated types move with deployment. This packet has no stop count, so none is quoted next to 1,525. The overlay table remains the row-level source.
Share of the Chicago extract
At 1,525 reports among 410,083 city incidents, the type is a small share (about 0.4 percent). It still belongs on a complete IUCR list because it is how CPD labeled those events. Official community area names are the city's 77 areas.
Maps often follow where officers wrote reports, which can be streets, stations, or event sites. Block-level pins are not identifications of residents. Do not treat a cluster as a character ranking of a community area.
COPA and internal-affairs files answer different questions. They are not 1,525 crime-incident rows. Quote the IUCR primary type when that is the question. LocalCrimeVault does not merge complaint registers into this extract.
Battery stays on the battery hub. COPA stays in the complaint system. This page is IUCR primary type Interference With Public Officer only. Official community area names are the 77 areas. An arrest flag is not a conviction. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.
Full neighborhood guide: Interference With Public Officer reports in Chicago →
Questions
- How many interference with public officer reports are in Chicago data?
- This extract lists 1,525 Chicago incidents with IUCR primary type Interference With Public Officer, about 0.4 percent of 410,083 city reports. The source is Chicago Police Department open data. The figure counts police reports, not convictions or unique people. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges.
- Does this type include battery of an officer?
- Not as a rule. Battery is a separate IUCR primary type. Interference With Public Officer covers resisting, obstructing, and related codes as CPD labeled them. This page is only the 1,525 interference rows. Check the battery type hub if you need that series. Do not merge types without disclosure.
- Is 1,525 a count of police misconduct complaints?
- No. Civilian complaint systems are separate from the crime-incident extract. The 1,525 figure is CPD incident rows with this IUCR primary type among 410,083 indexed Chicago reports. It is not COPA caseload and not a disciplinary finding. The 1,525 figure is incident rows among 410,083 city reports, not COPA complaints.
- Does an interference row mean a conviction?
- No. Public incident rows are reports. Charges can be declined or amended. Quote 1,525 as CPD report volume. Block-level maps are not identifications of residents. Court records live in another system. Quote 1,525 as CPD report volume among 410,083 city incidents, not as convictions.
Offense types are CPD IUCR primary categories on the public incident feed. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.
Compare this offense across cities
What is interference with public officer in Chicago?
Interference with a public officer covers resisting or obstructing a peace officer, obstructing justice, and refusing to comply with lawful orders. The core Illinois statutes are resisting or obstructing a peace officer (720 ILCS 5/31-1) and obstructing justice (720 ILCS 5/31-4) — the latter includes destroying evidence or furnishing false information.
In Chicago PD data the dominant descriptions are "resist/obstruct officer" and "obstructing justice." These charges almost always accompany an arrest for another offense, so nearly every report in this category carries the arrest flag.
LocalCrimeVault has 1,740 interference with public officer reports indexed in Chicago — 0.4% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (August 2026) logged 22 reports, down from 89 in July 2026.
Latest reports
| Date | Offense | Arrest? | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | Yes | View → |
Other offense types in Chicago
Top categories citywide: Theft (104,336), Battery (82,131), Criminal Damage (50,256).
How common is interference with public officer in Chicago?
Interference With Public Officer accounts for 1,740 indexed police reports in Chicago (0.4% of tracked offenses). Data comes from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- How many interference with public officer incidents are in Chicago?
- LocalCrimeVault has 1,740 indexed interference with public officer reports in Chicago, sourced from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- What share of interference with public officer reports lead to arrest?
- In our most recent sample of 1 interference with public officer records, 1 (100.0%) include an arrest flag in the source data.
- How often is interference with public officer 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 interference with public officer reports
| Date | Offense | Arrest? | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | Yes | View → |