Liquor Law Violation in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
345 indexed reports · 0.1% of Chicago incidents · 0 arrests in recent sample.
What is liquor law violation in Chicago?
Liquor law violations cover illegal sale, service, and consumption of alcohol — selling without a license, selling to minors, and underage possession — under the Illinois Liquor Control Act (235 ILCS 5) and Chicago municipal code. Drunk driving is not in this category; DUI is tracked separately under traffic enforcement.
Chicago PD files these under liquor-violation IUCR descriptions like "illegal sale" and "minor possession." The category is small and enforcement-driven, with reports concentrated around licensed premises checks.
LocalCrimeVault has 345 liquor law violation reports indexed in Chicago — 0.1% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (June 2026) logged 13 reports, up from 1 in May 2026.
Other offense types in Chicago
Top categories citywide: Theft (99,072), Battery (76,864), Criminal Damage (47,011).
How common is liquor law violation in Chicago?
Liquor Law Violation accounts for 345 indexed police reports in Chicago (0.1% of tracked offenses). Data comes from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- How many liquor law violation incidents are in Chicago?
- LocalCrimeVault has 345 indexed liquor law violation reports in Chicago, sourced from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- What share of liquor law violation reports lead to arrest?
- In our most recent sample of 0 liquor law violation records, 0 (0%) include an arrest flag in the source data.
- How often is liquor law violation 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.