Public Indecency in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
28 indexed reports · 0.0% of Chicago incidents · 0 arrests in recent sample.
What is public indecency in Chicago?
Public indecency is performing a sexual act or lewd exposure in a public place where others can see. Under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/11-30) it is a Class A misdemeanor for adults, escalating to a felony with repeat convictions near schools or parks. Indecent exposure to a child is charged under more serious statutes.
Chicago PD files public indecency under its own IUCR description, separate from the broader sex-offense category. It is one of the smallest categories in the open data.
LocalCrimeVault has 28 public indecency reports indexed in Chicago — 0.0% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (June 2026) logged 1 report, roughly flat vs 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 public indecency in Chicago?
Public Indecency accounts for 28 indexed police reports in Chicago (0.0% of tracked offenses). Data comes from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- How many public indecency incidents are in Chicago?
- LocalCrimeVault has 28 indexed public indecency reports in Chicago, sourced from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- What share of public indecency reports lead to arrest?
- In our most recent sample of 0 public indecency records, 0 (0%) include an arrest flag in the source data.
- How often is public indecency 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.