Arson reports in Chicago

Police arson rows versus fire runs

A CFD run can exist without an IUCR arson incident, and an arson report can exist after investigators classify a fire. The two systems are not the same 665. This page quotes CPD incident rows with primary type Arson in the LocalCrimeVault harvest. It does not include a fire-department total because that number is not in the packet facts.

Vehicle fires, building fires, and other descriptions may appear on individual rows. This narrative does not invent those subtotals. Use IUCR codes and descriptions on the table. Attempted versus completed language, when CPD wrote it, stays on the row.

Attempted versus completed language, when CPD wrote it, stays on the 665 rows among 410,083 city incidents. This page does not publish an attempt subtotal. Filter IUCR codes on the overlay. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify arson as criminal damage.

Cite 665 among 410,083 Chicago incidents. Fire-department run totals are not in the packet facts and are not added to 665. Criminal damage remains a separate hub. Filter IUCR codes on the overlay for vehicle versus building language if CPD wrote it.

Share of the Chicago extract

Among 410,083 indexed city incidents, 665 arson rows are a small share. Arson is the fire-specific IUCR label. Criminal damage is a separate property type. Do not add 665 to criminal damage unless you disclose a custom mix.

Maps use block-level geography and official community area names. A pin is not proof a named building owner set a fire. It is where CPD recorded the report.

A vehicle-fire description is still an incident row, not a CFD run count. Do not add fire-department statistics to 665. The packet facts do not include a CFD total.

Origin-and-cause work can lag. The public row may still say Arson. Quote the harvest. Official community area names are the 77 areas. A pin is not an accusation against an owner. An arrest flag is not a conviction. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Reading the arson table

Filter the 665 rows by date and community area. Arrest flags are not convictions. Missing coordinates stay blank. LocalCrimeVault does not impute a community area from a news story.

Insurance and origin-and-cause reports are outside this feed. Stay with the CPD primary-type count when you cite this page.

Origin-and-cause findings can lag the incident row. The public extract may still say Arson while investigators work. Quote 665 as CPD primary-type volume in this harvest. Official community area names are the 77 areas. A pin is not an accusation against a building owner.

Reports, not convictions or loss dollars

The 665 total is not a court caseload and not a loss estimate. Unfounded or recoded fires can change later harvests. Quote 665 as IUCR primary type Arson among 410,083 Chicago incidents in this index.

CPD and the City of Chicago publish the incidents. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Chicago hub placement

The arson type hub holds the live table. The Chicago hub places these 665 rows beside criminal damage and the rest of the IUCR mix. A cross-city arson page follows other agencies' fire-crime labels, which may sit with fire marshals rather than police extracts.

Cite 665 as Chicago Police Department incident rows with IUCR primary type Arson among 410,083 city reports. A Chicago Fire Department run can exist without an IUCR arson incident, and an arson report can exist after investigators classify a fire. This page does not include a CFD total because that number is not in the packet facts.

Vehicle versus building descriptions belong on IUCR codes. This packet has one total. Criminal damage is a separate property type. Do not add 665 to criminal damage unless you disclose a custom mix.

Citing CPD arson rows without a fire-run total

Insurance files and origin-and-cause reports are outside this feed. An arrest flag is not a conviction. Unfounded or recoded fires can change later harvests. Quote 665 as the CPD primary-type count in this index.

Maps use block-level geography and official community area names (77 areas). A pin is not proof a named building owner set a fire. Record the 665 / 410,083 harvest pair. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Questions

How many arson reports are in the Chicago CPD index?

This extract lists 665 Chicago incidents with IUCR primary type Arson, in a city file of 410,083 reports. The source is Chicago Police Department open data. The figure counts police reports, not fire-department runs, dollar losses, or convictions. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges. Arson is 665 rows among 410,083 indexed Chicago incidents.

Is arson the same as criminal damage?

No. Arson is a fire-related IUCR primary type. Criminal damage is a separate, much larger property-damage type on the same feed. This page covers only the 665 arson rows. Do not add the types without saying so. Read codes on the table if a description mentions fire.

Does 665 match Chicago Fire Department data?

Not necessarily. Fire runs and police arson incidents are different systems. This page quotes 665 CPD rows among 410,083 indexed Chicago reports. It does not include a CFD total because that number is not in the packet facts. Cite the system you mean. The 665 figure is CPD rows among 410,083 city reports, not a CFD run total.

Does an arson row mean a conviction?

No. Public incident rows are reports. Origin-and-cause findings and court cases live in other files. Quote 665 as CPD report volume. Block-level maps are not identifications of building occupants. Quote 665 as CPD report volume among 410,083 city incidents, not as convictions.