Prostitution in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
402 indexed reports · 0.1% of Chicago incidents · 0 arrests in recent sample.
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 402 prostitution reports indexed in Chicago — 0.1% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (June 2026) logged 7 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 prostitution in Chicago?
Prostitution accounts for 402 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 402 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.