Burglary reports in Chicago vs New York City
Chicago Police Department records in this index include 17,300 incidents coded as Burglary. New York City complaint data include 9,204 incidents with the same primary-type label. Combined they are 26,504 burglary-coded rows. Chicago holds about 65.3% of that pair; New York City holds about 34.7%. Two departments, two portals, one offense string sitting side by side — not a ranking of which city is safer.
Key figures
- Chicago has 17,300 burglary-coded reports; New York City has 9,204.
- The paired total is 26,504 (Chicago about 65.3%, New York City about 34.7%).
- The 8,096-row gap is not a finding that one city is less safe.
- CPD/IUCR and NYPD complaint coding are separate systems.
- Both figures are incident reports, not convictions.
The Chicago–New York burglary join
The relationship is IUCR primary type Burglary in Chicago (17,300) next to NYPD burglary-class complaints in New York City (9,204). The gap is 8,096 reports. LocalCrimeVault does not recode either feed into the other’s statute. A researcher who wants a shared legal definition has to read Illinois and New York Penal Law separately; this page only reports the published labels.
Chicago’s 17,300 is the same harvest total used on the Chicago burglary type hub. New York City’s 9,204 is the same harvest used on the New York City burglary type hub. This ties page adds the comparison; it does not replace those tables.
Chicago’s 17,300 burglary rows
CPD/IUCR burglary is unlawful entry of a building or similar structure with intent to commit a theft or felony. It is not robbery (force or threat against a person) and not theft without that entry. Residential versus commercial cuts may exist on IUCR codes; they are not packet facts here, so no subtotal is quoted.
Official community area names are Chicago’s 77 areas. This join has no area split. See burglary in Chicago and the Chicago crime hub for geography and neighboring types.
New York City’s 9,204 burglary rows
NYPD complaint coding places burglary in the New York Penal Law family of structure-entry offenses. Attempt handling, degree (first, second, third), and related trespass or petit-larceny filings can pull events out of or into the burglary bucket depending on how the complaint was written. The 9,204 figure is the harvest count for the Burglary primary type on this site, not a degree breakdown.
Borough and precinct are not in these facts. See burglary in New York City and the New York City crime hub for the live complaint table.
A 65–35 split is still not a risk ranking
Chicago’s about 65.3% share of 26,504 paired rows can look like a verdict. It is a share of two files. Housing stock, call-for-service habits, how often commercial burglary is coded as theft, and harvest length all sit outside the packet. This page does not compute per-capita rates because population is not a provided fact.
Do not treat 8,096 extra Chicago rows as evidence that New York City “controls burglary better.” Police-report coding differs. Correlation is not causation.
Using both hubs without mixing court data
Quote 17,300 as Chicago Police Department incident rows with primary type Burglary. Quote 9,204 as New York City complaint rows with the same site label. Keep both sentences if you publish a comparison. All crime ties lists other city-and-type pairs.
Arrest is not conviction. Unfounded reports may linger. LocalCrimeVault does not update a row when a prosecutor files a different charge.
What stays off the Chicago–New York burglary join
Illinois IUCR and New York Penal Law are not crosswalked on this page. A Chicago row that is burglary might have been filed as criminal trespass or theft in New York, or the reverse. The 8,096-row gap (17,300 versus 9,204) should be read with that warning. Official community area names are Chicago’s 77 areas; borough and precinct are New York’s geography. Neither geography split is a packet fact here.
Attempted burglary, residential burglary, and commercial burglary may appear in source codes. This harvest quotes one primary-type total per city. Do not treat 17,300 or 9,204 as completed residential break-ins only. Robbery and theft remain separate types on both hubs and are not added into these figures.
The paired total is 26,504 rows (Chicago about 65.3%, New York City about 34.7%). Those shares describe two files. They are not a household risk score. Unfounded complaints may linger. LocalCrimeVault does not convert reports into court outcomes. Use burglary in Chicago, burglary in New York City, the two city hubs, and all crime ties.
A researcher comparing 17,300 with 9,204 should keep the harvest windows in view even when this packet does not publish those dates as facts. If a later CPD or NYPD extract uses a different start or end, the pair will move. Quote the agency and the Burglary primary type every time. LocalCrimeVault does not impute missing geography on either feed.
Questions
- How many burglary reports in Chicago vs New York City?
- This index includes 17,300 Chicago burglary-coded incidents and 9,204 New York City incidents. Combined they are 26,504 rows. Chicago is about 65.3% of the pair; New York City is about 34.7%. These are open-data police reports, not convictions.
- Is Chicago less safe than New York City for burglary?
- This page does not rank cities as safer or worse. 17,300 and 9,204 are harvest counts from CPD and NYPD feeds. They are not household risk scores. Coding and coverage differ.
- Why might the burglary counts differ so much?
- The files show 17,300 versus 9,204 (gap 8,096). Possible drivers include statute grouping, attempt rules, related trespass or theft labels, and harvest windows. This packet does not isolate a cause.
- Are these burglary totals from prosecutors?
- No. They come from municipal police open data. A later charging decision may never rewrite the public incident row. LocalCrimeVault does not convert reports into court outcomes.
Municipal open-data police reports (not convictions). City feeds differ in coverage and coding — counts are not a safety ranking.