Kidnapping in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
176 indexed reports · 0.0% of Chicago incidents · 0 arrests in recent sample.
What is kidnapping in Chicago?
Kidnapping is knowingly and secretly confining a person against their will, or carrying them from one place to another by force, threat, or deceit with intent to confine. Under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/10-1) kidnapping is a Class 2 felony; aggravated kidnapping — involving a child, ransom, a weapon, or harm — is Class X. Unlawful restraint, a lesser included offense, is also tracked here.
Chicago PD descriptions include kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint, and child abduction — including custodial interference by family members, which makes up a meaningful share of reports.
LocalCrimeVault has 176 kidnapping reports indexed in Chicago — 0.0% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (June 2026) logged 7 reports, up from 2 in May 2026.
Other offense types in Chicago
Top categories citywide: Theft (99,072), Battery (76,864), Criminal Damage (47,011).
How common is kidnapping in Chicago?
Kidnapping accounts for 176 indexed police reports in Chicago (0.0% of tracked offenses). Data comes from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- How many kidnapping incidents are in Chicago?
- LocalCrimeVault has 176 indexed kidnapping reports in Chicago, sourced from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- What share of kidnapping reports lead to arrest?
- In our most recent sample of 0 kidnapping records, 0 (0%) include an arrest flag in the source data.
- How often is kidnapping 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.