Chicago Crime Rate — January 2026

Citywide incident volume was down 11.1% against the trailing twelve months in January 2026. The largest moves are summarized to the left and broken out below.

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

Sustained drops worth naming

Homicide ran below trend in the trailing 12 months — 31% down from the year before. Sustained shifts often precede a baseline reset; we surface them at the same prominence as spikes.