West Chicago Police report 816 total offenses during 2024
West Chicago Police Department handled 816 reported offenses in 2024, data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) shows.
This figure reflects an average of 2 offenses each day in 2024.
Among the categories tracked by NIBRS, simple assault was most prevalent, making up 185 cases during 2024.
The NIBRS was created to offer more detail and context for crime statistics. In the earlier system, only the highest-level crime from an incident was included in statistics. For example, if an incident involved homicide, aggravated assault and theft, only the homicide would be counted.
Law enforcement agencies at the local, state, and federal levels now use the system.
| Type of Crime | No. of Offences |
|---|---|
| Aggravated assaults | 28 |
| Larcenies | 93 |
| Animal cruelties | 0 |
| Arsons | 2 |
| Assisting or promoting prostitution offenses | 0 |
| Betting and wagering violations | 0 |
| Briberies | 0 |
| Burglaries/breaking and entering crimes | 27 |
| Commercial sex acts | 0 |
| Counterfeiting and forgery crimes | 7 |
| Credit card and ATM frauds | 5 |
| Acts of damage or vandalism | 159 |
| Drug equipment violations | 4 |
| Drug and narcotic violations | 104 |
| Embezzlements | 0 |
| Extortions and blackmail offenses | 0 |
| Obtaining property by false pretenses | 34 |
| Gambling equipment violations | 0 |
| Hackings and computer invasions | 0 |
| Identity thefts | 21 |
| False impersonations | 4 |
| Incest crimes | 0 |
| Intimidations | 43 |
| Involuntary servitudes | 0 |
| Justifiable homicides | 0 |
| Kidnappings and abductions | 0 |
| Motor vehicle thefts | 12 |
| Murders and non-negligent manslaughters | 2 |
| Negligent manslaughter | 1 |
| Operating, promoting and assisting gambling offenses | 0 |
| Pornography and obscene materials violations | 14 |
| Prostitution offenses | 0 |
| Purchasing prostitution | 0 |
| Rapes | 14 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Sexual assaults with an object | 0 |
| Shopliftings | 16 |
| Simple assaults | 185 |
| Sodomy | 1 |
| Sports tamperings | 0 |
| Statutory rape | 1 |
| Stolen property offenses | 5 |
| Thefts from buildings | 2 |
| Thefts from motor vehicles | 2 |
| Thefts of motor vehicle parts or accessories | 2 |
| Weapon law violations | 19 |
| Welfare frauds | 0 |
| Wire fraud | 1 |
Information provided in this story comes from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source data is available here.