Chicago police reports — December 2025

December 2025 in the CPD extract

The 16,960 rows are incidents with report dates in December 2025, across IUCR primary types. Property, person, and public-order labels all sit in the same headline. Filter the table for a single type. The month page does not recode CPD's primary type.

Year-end reporting can include late paperwork from earlier days, still stamped with a December report date if that is what CPD published. This packet does not split "late" from "on-time." Quote 16,960 as the indexed month total.

December 31 rows sit inside 16,960 when the report date is in 2025-12. January 1 2026 is a different month page. Keep year-end citations attached to report date so they do not straddle the calendar by accident.

December 2025 has 16,960 indexed incidents with report dates in 2025-12. January 1 2026 is a different month page. Retail-theft stories need a type filter on the 16,960-row table; this packet has no December theft subtotal.

City-wide geography

Official community area names (Chicago's 77 areas) appear when present. The 16,960 total is not one area. Retail corridors may show more theft reports in a December table; that pattern, if you see it, is on the rows—this narrative does not invent a retail subtotal because none is in the packet facts.

Block-level pins are not door addresses. Do not treat a map as naming a store or a household.

Retail-theft narratives are common in December. This packet has no theft subtotal for the month. Filter the 16,960-row table by IUCR primary type if you need that cut. The headline stays the unfiltered mix.

Year-end recodes can move a future harvest of the same December report dates. Cite 16,960 as indexed now. Official community area names are the 77-area list. The total is city-wide. Block-level maps are not store identifications. Counts are reports, not convictions.

Reading the December table

Sort 16,960 rows by date, type, or community area. Arrest flags are not convictions. Missing coordinates stay blank. LocalCrimeVault does not impute community areas.

Report date defines 2025-12. Occurrence date can differ. This packet has no occurrence-date twin. Match other dashboards only if they also use report date.

Year-end recodes can move a future harvest of the same December report dates. Cite 16,960 as indexed now. CPD and the City of Chicago publish the incidents. Block-level maps are not store identifications.

What the month is not

It is not a conviction tally, not a 911-call tally, and not an FBI annual table. CPD and the City of Chicago publish the incidents. LocalCrimeVault indexes monthly slices. This page does not compare December 2025 to other months.

Holiday-specific crime claims need a date filter you apply yourself. The packet fact remains 16,960 reports with report dates in December 2025.

Chicago hub

The December 2025 overlay is the live table for these 16,960 rows. The Chicago hub holds type and community-area views beyond a single month. Use the hub when 2025-12 is the wrong window.

Sixteen thousand nine hundred sixty is the indexed count of CPD incidents with report dates in December 2025. Year-end paperwork can still carry a December report date if that is what CPD published. This packet does not split late from on-time. Quote 16,960 as the month total in the index.

Holiday days are inside 16,960 when their report date falls in December 2025. This page does not publish a Christmas or New Year's Eve figure. Filter the table by date for a single day.

How to document the December 2025 harvest

The 16,960 mix is city-wide and unfiltered by type. Retail corridors may show more theft rows in a December table; if they do, that pattern is on the rows. This narrative does not invent a retail subtotal.

Citation form: "16,960 Chicago Police Department incidents with a report date in December 2025, indexed on LocalCrimeVault." Add that counts are reports, not convictions, and that the slice uses report date.

Official community area names are the 77-area system. Blank geography still counts in 16,960 when the report date is in 2025-12. Block-level pins are not store or household identifications. Later harvests can move the total. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges.

Questions

How many Chicago CPD incidents are indexed for December 2025?

LocalCrimeVault currently indexes 16,960 incidents with a report date in December 2025. The source is Chicago Police Department open data. The figure counts police reports across IUCR primary types, not convictions. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges. The 16,960 mix includes every IUCR type with a December 2025 report date.

Does December 2025 include a Christmas or New Year's Eve subtotal?

No. The packet facts give one month total, 16,960. Holiday days, if present, are inside that count when their report date falls in December 2025. Filter the table by date for a single day. This page does not publish a holiday figure. Holiday days sit inside 16,960 when the report date is in December 2025.

Is 16,960 only downtown or only theft?

No. The total is city-wide and includes every IUCR primary type in the monthly slice. Use table filters for a community area or a type. Blank geography rows still belong in the 16,960 if their report date is in 2025-12. The 16,960 total is city-wide, including rows with blank geography if dated in 2025-12.

Does a December 2025 row mean a conviction?

No. Public incident rows are reports. The 16,960 count is monthly report volume. Court outcomes live elsewhere. Block-level maps are not identifications of residents. The 16,960 count is monthly report volume from CPD open data, not convictions. Counts are CPD police reports from city open data, not convictions.