Intimidation in Chicago — Crime Statistics 2026
309 indexed reports · 0.1% of Chicago incidents · 0 arrests in recent sample.
What is intimidation in Chicago?
Intimidation is communicating a threat — of physical harm, criminal accusation, or exposure of secrets — with intent to force someone to act against their will. Under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/12-6) intimidation is a Class 3 felony, with aggravated intimidation (targeting officials, witnesses, or on behalf of a gang) charged more severely. Extortion-style threats fall here.
Chicago PD records intimidation and extortion under dedicated IUCR descriptions. The category is small because most threat reports are filed as assault (imminent threat) or harassment under other offense — intimidation requires the coercive demand.
LocalCrimeVault has 309 intimidation reports indexed in Chicago — 0.1% of all tracked incidents. The most recent full month on record (July 2026) logged 15 reports, up from 12 in June 2026.
Other offense types in Chicago
Top categories citywide: Theft (101,882), Battery (79,633), Criminal Damage (48,659).
How common is intimidation in Chicago?
Intimidation accounts for 309 indexed police reports in Chicago (0.1% of tracked offenses). Data comes from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- How many intimidation incidents are in Chicago?
- LocalCrimeVault has 309 indexed intimidation reports in Chicago, sourced from City of Chicago Open Data — Crimes.
- What share of intimidation reports lead to arrest?
- In our most recent sample of 0 intimidation records, 0 (0%) include an arrest flag in the source data.
- How often is intimidation data updated?
- Chicago crime records sync nightly from the open-data portal. New reports appear on type and incident pages after the sync and deploy pipeline completes.