Interference With Public Officer in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
1,608 indexed reports · 0.4% of Chicago incidents · 1 arrests in recent sample.
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 1,608 interference with public officer reports indexed in Chicago — 0.4% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (June 2026) logged 80 reports, up from 12 in May 2026.
Latest reports
| Date | Offense | Arrest? | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | Yes | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | No | View → |
Other offense types in Chicago
Top categories citywide: Theft (99,072), Battery (76,864), Criminal Damage (47,011).
How common is interference with public officer in Chicago?
Interference With Public Officer accounts for 1,608 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 1,608 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 4 interference with public officer records, 1 (25.0%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | Yes | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | No | View → |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Interference With Public Officer | No | View → |