Chicago police reports — February 2026

February 2026 in the incident extract

Each of the 15,972 rows is a CPD incident with a report date in February 2026. IUCR primary types are mixed: the month page is not a battery page or a theft page. Filter the table if you need one type. The headline is the unfiltered city-wide count.

Leap-day presence in a February is a calendar detail; this packet does not say whether 2026-02 includes a February 29 row count of its own. Do not invent a 29th-day subtotal. Quote 15,972 as the month total in the index.

February 2026 is not a leap year, so there is no February 29 to split out. The indexed total remains 15,972 incidents with report dates in 2026-02. This page still does not publish a per-day average.

February 2026 has 15,972 indexed incidents with report dates in 2026-02. 2026 is not a leap year, so there is no 29th to isolate. This page still does not publish a per-day average. Other months' counts are not in this packet and are not used for a rate.

How the monthly filter works

LocalCrimeVault builds month pages from report dates. Occurrence date can sit outside February. This packet has no occurrence-date total. If you are matching to another dashboard, confirm that dashboard also uses report date before you expect 15,972 to match.

Late-filed reports can appear after the month ends. The 15,972 count is the current harvest for 2026-02. Future harvests can move.

Short months tempt per-day comparisons. Those comparisons require other months' counts, which are not in this packet. Quote 15,972 on its own. CPD open data via LocalCrimeVault is the source.

Type filters on the 15,972-row overlay are required for person-crime questions. The headline is the unfiltered mix. Official community area names are the 77-area list. The total is city-wide, including blank geography dated in February. Later harvests can move 15,972. Counts are reports, not convictions.

Reading the February table

Sort 15,972 rows by date, type, or official community area. Community areas are the city's 77-area system. Block-level geography is not a street-number address. Arrest flags are not convictions. LocalCrimeVault does not impute missing areas.

Blank fields are source gaps. Do not fill them from news. The respectful read is statistical: how many reports CPD dated in February 2026 in this extract.

District and beat columns, when present, are subsets. The 15,972 headline is city-wide. Blank geography stays in the total when the report date is in February 2026. Block-level pins are not door addresses.

What 15,972 leaves out

Unreported events, 911 calls that never became incident rows, and court cases are outside the total. OEMC and the circuit court are different systems. CPD and the City of Chicago publish the incident file. LocalCrimeVault indexes it.

This page does not compare February to other months. Those other counts are not in this packet. The factual claim is 15,972 reports with report dates in February 2026.

Chicago hub

The February 2026 overlay is the live table for these 15,972 rows. The Chicago hub is the city-wide home for types and community areas beyond a single month. Use the hub when 2026-02 is the wrong window.

Fifteen thousand nine hundred seventy-two is the indexed count of CPD incidents with report dates in February 2026. February is a short calendar month; this page still does not publish a per-day rate. Dividing 15,972 by the number of days would invent a daily average the packet does not contain.

The 15,972 mix is unfiltered IUCR. Type hubs exist for a single primary type across time. The month page is the date window. Do not read 15,972 as a battery total or a theft total.

How to document the February 2026 harvest

Match other dashboards only if they also use report date. Occurrence-date dashboards will not equal 15,972. Late-filed reports can appear after February ends. Cite the current harvest.

Citation form: "15,972 Chicago Police Department incidents with a report date in February 2026, indexed on LocalCrimeVault." Add that counts are reports, not convictions, and that community area names are official city geography when present.

Official community areas are the 77-area system. The 15,972 headline is city-wide. Block-level pins are not door addresses. LocalCrimeVault does not impute missing areas and does not reclassify charges in the February mix.

Questions

How many Chicago CPD incidents are indexed for February 2026?

LocalCrimeVault currently indexes 15,972 incidents with a report date in February 2026. The source is Chicago Police Department open data. The figure counts police reports across IUCR primary types, not convictions or unique people. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges. The 15,972 total is the unfiltered IUCR mix for February 2026 report dates.

Is February lower because the month is shorter?

This packet does not include a per-day rate or a comparison month. The indexed total is 15,972 reports with report dates in 2026-02. Calendar length is not used here to adjust the count. Quote the row total, not a daily average invented from it. This page does not publish a daily average derived from 15,972.

Does report date equal occurrence date?

Not always. This slice is report date in February 2026. Occurrence can differ. The packet facts do not include a second total. Quote 15,972 as the report-date monthly count in LocalCrimeVault's index. Quote 15,972 as report-date volume for 2026-02, not occurrence-date volume.

Does a February 2026 row mean a conviction?

No. Public incident rows are reports. The 15,972 count is monthly report volume. Court outcomes live elsewhere. Block-level maps and official community area names are public geography, not identifications of residents. The 15,972 count is monthly report volume from CPD open data, not convictions.