City of Chicago
Organization Overview
- Type: City Government
 - Total datasets: 1013
 
Datasets (1013)
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Crimes - 2001 to Present Views: 1094
This dataset reflects reported incidents of crime (with the exception of murders where data exists for each victim) that occurred in the City of Chicago from 2001 to present, minus the most recent seven days. Data is extracted from the Chicago Police Department's CLEAR (Citizen Law Enforcement…
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Building Permits Views: 652
<b>Note, 10/15/2025:</b> We have added a PERMIT_CONDITION column. This dataset includes information about building permits issued by the City of Chicago from 2006 to the present, excluding permits that have been voided or revoked after issuance. Most types of permits are issued subject to payment…
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Traffic Crashes - Crashes Views: 525
Crash data shows information about each traffic crash on city streets within the City of Chicago limits and under the jurisdiction of Chicago Police Department (CPD). Data are shown as is from the electronic crash reporting system (E-Crash) at CPD, excluding any personally identifiable…
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Chicago Public Schools - School Progress Reports SY2324 Views: 130
2023-2024 school progress report ratings for all Chicago Public Schools, based on 2022-2023 data.
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Violence Reduction - Victims of Homicides and Non-Fatal Shootings Views: 112
This dataset contains individual-level homicide and non-fatal shooting victimizations, including homicide data from 1991 to the present, and non-fatal shooting data from 2010 to the present (2010 is the earliest available year for shooting data). This dataset includes a "GUNSHOT_INJURY_I " column…
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Food Inspections Views: 106
This information is derived from inspections of restaurants and other food establishments in Chicago from January 1, 2010 to the present. Inspections are performed by staff from the Chicago Department of Public Health’s Food Protection Program using a standardized procedure. The results of the…
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Chicago Traffic Tracker - Congestion Estimates by Segments Views: 103
This dataset contains the current estimated speed for about 1250 segments covering 300 miles of arterial roads. For a more detailed description, please go to https://tas.chicago.gov, click the About button at the bottom of the page, and then the MAP LAYERS tab. The Chicago Traffic Tracker…
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Divvy Trips Views: 96
This lists individual Divvy bike sharing trips, including the origin, destination, and timestamps for each trip. Trips are included when there is an starting and end date. Trips using a subscriber pass will include some basic demographic data (gender and age) that is associated with the account.…
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Current Employee Names, Salaries, and Position Titles Views: 94
This dataset is a listing of all active City of Chicago employees, complete with full names, departments, positions, employment status (part-time or full-time), frequency of hourly employee –where applicable—and annual salaries or hourly rate. Please note that "active" has a specific meaning for…
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Business Owners Views: 76
This dataset contains the owner information for all the accounts listed in the Business License Dataset, and is sorted by Account Number. To identify the owner of a business, you will need the account number or legal name, which may be obtained from theBusiness Licenses dataset:…
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Crimes - One year prior to present Views: 72
This dataset reflects reported incidents of crime (with the exception of murders where data exists for each victim) that have occurred in the City of Chicago over the past year, minus the most recent seven days of data. Data is extracted from the Chicago Police Department's CLEAR (Citizen Law…
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E-Scooter Trips Views: 71
Electric scooter trips taken under the City of Chicago ongoing program. Similar datasets from the 2019 and 2020 pilot programs are at: https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/2kfw-zvte (2019) https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/3rse-fbp6 (2020) Summary counts of trips between Census Tracts are provided in…
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Budget - 2026 Budget Recommendations - Positions and Salaries Views: 70
This dataset includes recommended positions and salaries for 2026 by title (without names) and salary. The dataset is excerpted from the 2026 Budget Recommendations, which is the line-item budget proposed by the Mayor to the City Council for approval. Disclaimer: the “Total Budgeted Unit” column…
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Sex Offenders Views: 64
Description: Pursuant to the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law, 730 ILCS 152/101,et seq., the Chicago Police Department maintains a list of sex offenders residing in the City of Chicago who are required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act, 730 ILCS 150/2,…
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Police Sentiment Scores Views: 59
This dataset was used by Chicago Police Department analysts to create the publicly available “Chicago Police Sentiment Dashboard” (https://home.chicagopolice.org/statistics-data/data-dashboards/sentiment-dashboard/). This online dashboard displays information related to how safe Chicago residents…
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Chicago Population Counts Views: 57
Population totals for groupings commonly used in other datasets. Not all values are available for all years. Note that because the "Citywide" rows roll up the values from the individual ZIP Codes and the "Age 0-4," "Age 5-11," "Age 12-17," "Age 5+," "Age 18+," and "Age 65+" columns overlap other…
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Violence Reduction - Victim Demographics - Aggregated Views: 57
This dataset contains aggregate data on violent index victimizations at the quarter level of each year (i.e., January – March, April – June, July – September, October – December), from 2001 to the present (1991 to present for Homicides), with a focus on those related to gun violence. Index crimes…
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CTA - Ridership - Daily Boarding Totals Views: 49
This dataset shows systemwide boardings for both bus and rail services provided by CTA, dating back to 2001. Daytypes are as follows: W = Weekday, A = Saturday, U = Sunday/Holiday. See attached readme file for information on how these numbers are calculated.
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Chicago Microlending Institute (CMI) Microloans Views: 47
To improve access to capital, the City of Chicago seeded a $2MM revolving loan fund and partnered with Accion to create the Chicago Microlending Institute (CMI). CMI helped train two new local microlenders, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI) and Women’s Business Development Corporation…
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ACS 5 Year Data by Community Area Views: 46
Selected variables from the most recent ACS Community Survey (Released 2023) aggregated by Community Area. Additional years will be added as they become available. The underlying algorithm to create the dataset calculates the % of a census tract that falls within the boundaries of a given…