Prostitution in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
420 indexed reports · 0.1% of Chicago incidents · 0 arrests in recent sample.
Chicago Police Department records in this index include 394 incidents coded as Prostitution among 410,083 Chicago reports. Prostitution is an enforcement-sensitive IUCR primary type as CPD labeled the report. The 394 figure counts public incident rows, not unique people, not a human-trafficking census, and not convictions. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges and does not describe individual cases.
Key figures
- 394 Chicago incidents are coded Prostitution in an index of 410,083 city reports.
- Volume often tracks enforcement writing, not a prevalence survey.
- This IUCR type is not a human-trafficking census.
- Counts are police reports, not convictions. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges.
Enforcement volume on the CPD feed
Prostitution rows often start with a directed operation or a street encounter rather than a victim call. That means 394 incidents can move when CPD writes more or fewer of these reports. The public extract does not, in the packet facts, split soliciting, keeping a place, or other IUCR codes. Those distinctions, when present, live on the table as CPD wrote them.
Human trafficking, when CPD files it under another type or another system, is not automatically inside 394. Do not treat this primary type as a trafficking total. Keep the IUCR label as published.
Directed operations can produce several of the 394 rows in a short window among 410,083 city incidents. That is why this type is a poor prevalence measure. Quote 394 as enforcement-related report volume. LocalCrimeVault does not relabel the type as trafficking.
Cite 394 among 410,083 Chicago incidents. Enforcement sweeps can cluster rows. That is why 394 is a poor prevalence measure and not a trafficking census. Keep CPD's IUCR label. This page does not describe individual cases.
Share of the Chicago extract
Among 410,083 indexed city incidents, 394 prostitution rows are a small share. Small share reflects both the statute group and how often the code is written. Official community area names are the city's 77 areas. Maps follow report locations, often commercial corridors, not a ranking of residents.
Block-level pins are not identifications of people. This page will not infer who was selling, buying, or passing by.
Buying and selling codes, when CPD wrote them, live on the table. This packet has one total. Do not invent a buyer-versus-seller split. Graphic identifying narrative is not added.
Commercial-corridor pins are report locations. Official community area names are the 77 areas. They are not a ranking of residents. Court diversion may never update the open-data row. An arrest flag is not a conviction. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.
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Questions
- How many prostitution reports are in the Chicago CPD index?
- This extract lists 394 Chicago incidents with IUCR primary type Prostitution, in a city file of 410,083 reports. The source is Chicago Police Department open data. The figure counts police reports, not unique people, trafficking victims, or convictions. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges. Prostitution is 394 rows among 410,083 indexed Chicago incidents.
- Does a higher count mean more activity or more enforcement?
- Either, or both. Prostitution rows often reflect how often CPD writes the code. The 394 figure is report volume in the current index of 410,083 Chicago incidents, not a survey of the sex trade. Read maps as where reports were taken, not as a ranking of residents.
- Is this a human-trafficking total?
- No. Trafficking may be filed under other types or other systems. This page covers only the 394 rows labeled Prostitution. Do not relabel the IUCR type. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges. The 394 rows are labeled Prostitution, not a trafficking census.
- Does a prostitution row mean a conviction?
- No. Public incident rows are reports. Charges can be declined or diverted. Quote 394 as CPD report volume among 410,083 indexed Chicago incidents. Block-level geography is not an identification of a person. This page does not describe individual cases. Quote 394 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.
What is prostitution in Chicago?
Prostitution is knowingly offering or agreeing to perform a sexual act for anything of value, a Class A misdemeanor under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/11-14). Illinois enforcement has shifted toward charging patrons (solicitation) and promoters (pimping, keeping a place of prostitution) while diverting sellers to services — trafficking victims are exempt from prosecution.
Chicago PD descriptions in this category cover prostitution, solicitation, and keeping/patronizing a place of prostitution. Reports cluster in a small number of districts and nearly always include an arrest because they arise from enforcement operations.
LocalCrimeVault has 420 prostitution reports indexed in Chicago — 0.1% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (August 2026) logged 3 reports, down from 12 in July 2026.
Other offense types in Chicago
Top categories citywide: Theft (104,336), Battery (82,131), Criminal Damage (50,256).
How common is prostitution in Chicago?
Prostitution accounts for 420 indexed police reports in Chicago (0.1% of tracked offenses). Data comes from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- How many prostitution incidents are in Chicago?
- LocalCrimeVault has 420 indexed prostitution reports in Chicago, sourced from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- What share of prostitution reports lead to arrest?
- In our most recent sample of 0 prostitution records, 0 (0%) include an arrest flag in the source data.
- How often is prostitution 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.