Chicago police reports — March 2026

18,000 reports in a single calendar month

The March 2026 slice holds 18,000 indexed rows with report dates in that month. Property types, person types, and residual IUCR categories all sit in the same total. Readers looking for a "violent crime in March" number must filter the table; the headline 18,000 is the unfiltered mix.

Eighteen thousand is a round figure in this harvest. It is still a count of incident records, not a rounded estimate invented for this page. If a later extract moves off 18,000, the live table is the update. Cite the indexed total as of the harvest you used.

March 2026's 18,000 rows should be cited with the report-date rule every time, because 18,000 is a round number people may mistake for an estimate. It is the harvest count. The live table lists the rows.

Report date versus when an event occurred

This packet defines the month by report date in 2026-03. A report taken in March can describe an earlier occurrence. An occurrence in March can be reported later and miss this slice. The packet facts do not include an occurrence-date twin total. Quote 18,000 as report-date volume.

Weekend versus weekday splits are not packet facts. If the table has a date-time column, you can sort it. This narrative will not invent a Friday-night subtotal.

Type mix inside 18,000 is a researcher's filter, not a packet fact. Publishing a March battery subtotal here would invent a number. Use the overlay. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify charges in the month mix.

Geography of the March table

Rows may carry official community area names (Chicago's 77 areas) and block-level locations. The 18,000 total is city-wide. Filtering to one area produces a smaller count that is not the headline. Blank geography is left blank; LocalCrimeVault does not guess a community area.

Pins are not street-number addresses. They should not be used to identify a household or a business by name.

Official community area names are the 77-area system. Summing a few areas will not reconstruct 18,000 if other areas or blank-geography rows are omitted. The headline is city-wide for report dates in 2026-03.

Reports, not outcomes

An arrest flag on a March row is not a conviction. Unfounded status, if CPD later updates it, can change a future harvest. The 18,000 figure is police-report volume for report dates in March 2026 in the current index.

CPD and the City of Chicago publish the incidents. LocalCrimeVault indexes monthly slices. This page does not compare March to other months, because those counts are not in this packet.

Chicago hub

The March 2026 overlay is the live table for these 18,000 rows. The Chicago hub holds type and community-area views that are not limited to 2026-03. Use the hub for the broader extract; use this page for the March report-date window.

Eighteen thousand is the indexed row count for report dates in March 2026. Treat 18,000 as a harvest total that can move if CPD adds or updates source rows. It is not a rounded marketing figure invented for this page. The live table is the detail behind the total.

Because 18,000 is unfiltered, it includes property types, person types, and residual IUCR categories. A "violent crime in March" number requires a filter you apply. This packet does not include that filter's result.

How to document the March 2026 harvest

Official community area names (77 areas) appear when present. The 18,000 headline is city-wide. Do not assign the whole total to the Loop, Austin, or any other single area. Blank geography stays in the city-wide count when the report date is in 2026-03.

Citation form: "18,000 Chicago Police Department incidents with a report date in March 2026, indexed on LocalCrimeVault from city open data." State that rows are reports, not convictions. State that the slice uses report date, not occurrence date.

March has 31 days. This page does not publish 18,000 divided by 31. Use the table if you need a day. Block-level maps are coarse public geography, not household identifications. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges inside the month mix.

Questions

How many Chicago police reports are indexed for March 2026?

LocalCrimeVault currently indexes 18,000 CPD incidents with a report date in March 2026. The source is Chicago Police Department open data. The figure counts police reports of every IUCR primary type, not convictions. LocalCrimeVault does not reclassify CPD charges. The 18,000 figure is a harvest total for March 2026 report dates and can move later.

Is 18,000 a rounded estimate?

It is the indexed incident count in this packet: 18,000 rows with report dates in March 2026. Treat it as a harvest total, which can move if CPD adds or updates source rows. It is not a conviction estimate and not a unique-offender estimate. The live table is the detail. Occurrence date is not a second total in this packet; quote 18,000 as report date.

Does March 2026 mean the incident happened in March?

The slice uses report date in 2026-03. Occurrence date can differ. This packet does not include a separate occurrence-date count. Quote 18,000 as the report-date monthly total LocalCrimeVault indexed from the city open-data feed. The 18,000 headline is city-wide among official community areas, not one neighborhood.

Does a March 2026 incident mean someone was convicted?

No. Public rows are reports. The 18,000 count is monthly report volume. Court outcomes live in other systems. Block-level maps are not identifications of residents. Official community area names are city geography, not informal nicknames. The 18,000 count is monthly report volume from CPD, not convictions.