Chicago Crime Rate — August 2025

Citywide incident volume was down 10.2% against the trailing twelve months in August 2025. The largest moves are summarized to the left and broken out below.

The headline is in Archer Heights, where other larceny jumped sharply against the prior baseline. The neighborhood page (link in the sidebar) walks through the geography and timing.

Sustained drops worth naming

Robbery ran below trend in the trailing 12 months — 32% down from the year before. Sustained shifts often precede a baseline reset; we surface them at the same prominence as spikes.