CTA · Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 3, 2026

Theft on the CTA, last 12 months

Crime reports CPD logged at CTA stations, trains, buses and bus stops, from City of Chicago data.

576

incidents at CTA locations

341 on the “L” · 206 on buses and at stops · 29 other CTA property

1 per 330,000

“L” entries (rides) per report (est.)

112.0M entries · Ridership published through Aug 31, 2026; Sep 1 – Nov 3, 2026 estimated.

733

same dates a year earlier

Nov 4, 2024 – Nov 3, 2025 · -157 (-21%) this year · 1 per 330,000 vs 1 per 240,000 rides (est.)

“L” stations

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Entries per report, darker = more oftenover 800,000400,000–800,000200,000–400,000100,000–200,000under 100,000Size = incidents. none. outside Chicago (no CPD data).

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By line · incidents and rate per ride, Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 3, 2026

By line

Line	Incidents	Per ride
	144	1 per 310,000
	79	1 per 380,000
	45	1 per 680,000
	57	1 per 330,000
	46	1 per 460,000
	53	1 per 520,000
	32	1 per 580,000
	9	1 per 120,000

Per ride = 1 incident per X entries (rides). Shared stations count on each line. Ridership through Aug 31, 2026, later days estimated.

Top stations · top 10 by incidents or rate, Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 3, 2026

Top stations

#	Name	Incidents	Per ride
1		18	1 per 100,000
2		14	1 per 180,000
3		12	1 per 200,000
4		10	1 per 260,000
5		9	1 per 120,000
6		8	1 per 470,000
7		7	1 per 130,000
8		7	1 per 200,000
9		7	1 per 470,000
10	low ridership	7	1 per 28,000

Per ride = 1 incident per X entries (rides).

Time of day · by line, rate per ride, Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 3, 2026

Time of day by line, Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 3, 2026

576 reports of theft

Reports per ride by line and 4-hour block, Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 3, 2026. Each cell reads 1 report per X rides; a dash means too few reports or not rated.
Line	12–4 am	4–8 am	8 am–noon	noon–4 pm	4–8 pm	8 pm–12 am
All CTA547 reports · “L” and buses	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	1 per 760,000	1 per 910,000	1 per 800,000	1 per 650,000	1 per 170,000
All “L”341 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	1 per 360,000	1 per 560,000	1 per 500,000	1 per 470,000	1 per 90,000
Red Line144 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	1 per 290,000	1 per 690,000	1 per 590,000	1 per 400,000	1 per 100,000
Blue Line79 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	1 per 420,000	1 per 580,000	1 per 420,000	fewer than 10 reports	1 per 100,000
Brown Line45 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	fewer than 10 reports	fewer than 10 reports	1 per 600,000	1 per 710,000	fewer than 10 reports
Green Line57 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	fewer than 10 reports	fewer than 10 reports	1 per 350,000	1 per 330,000	fewer than 10 reports
Orange Line46 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	fewer than 10 reports	fewer than 10 reports	1 per 500,000	1 per 420,000	fewer than 10 reports
Purple Line53 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	fewer than 10 reports	fewer than 10 reports	1 per 460,000	1 per 510,000	fewer than 10 reports
Pink Line32 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	fewer than 10 reports	fewer than 10 reports	fewer than 10 reports	fewer than 10 reports	fewer than 10 reports
Yellow Line9 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	fewer than 30 reports in this row	fewer than 30 reports in this row	fewer than 30 reports in this row	fewer than 30 reports in this row	fewer than 30 reports in this row
Buses and stops206 reports	not rated: too few survey trips for this block	1 per 2,000,000	1 per 1,300,000	1 per 1,100,000	1 per 890,000	1 per 310,000

Rides per report, darker = more dangerousover 800,000400,000–800,000200,000–400,000100,000–200,000under 100,000too few reports or not rated

Each cell: 1 report per X rides in that block, Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 3, 2026

Bus routes · map and top routes, Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 3, 2026

Bus routes

Rides per report, darker = more oftenover 2,000,0001,000,000–2,000,000500,000–1,000,000250,000–500,000under 250,000Width = incidents. Grey = under 1M rides a year.

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Top routes · top 10 by incidents or rate

Top routes

#	Incidents	Per ride
1	9	1 per 600,000
2	9	1 per 590,000
3	8	1 per 550,000
4	7	1 per 660,000
5	7	1 per 660,000
6	7	1 per 540,000
7	7	1 per 740,000
8	6	1 per 790,000
9	6	1 per 1,100,000
10	5	1 per 520,000

Per ride = 1 incident per X rides. Routes with 2M+ rides a year. Ridership through Aug 31, 2026, later days estimated.

About these numbers

Crime types. Violent = homicide, criminal sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and aggravated battery. “Include simple battery” (on by default here, unlike other pages) adds battery without a weapon or serious injury.
Stations and lines. An “L” report counts at the nearest station within 150 m (281 of 341 in these dates); the rest count only in the All CTA and All “L” totals. A line or part of a line adds up its stations, so a report at a station several lines share (Clark/Lake, the Loop, Roosevelt) counts on each of them. Stations outside Chicago have no CPD data.
Per ride. “1 per X rides” = one incident for every X station entries or bus rides (entries, not riders; a shared station's entries count for each line); X = 1,000,000 ÷ incidents per million. Ridership is published monthly (through Aug 31, 2026); later days use the latest 12 months' daily average. Stations under 500K entries a year are flagged “low ridership”.
Buses. A bus report is shared among routes within 50 m, weighted by ridership. Route rates need 1M+ rides a year; the route table needs 2M+.
Time of day. The first tab rates each 4-hour block per ride: CTA publishes no hourly ridership, so riders in a block are estimated as entries (or bus boardings) × that block's share of CTA trips in CMAP's My Daily Travel survey; its ⓘ note has the details. The other tabs count reports by the hour the City recorded. Unknown times are often logged at midnight or noon, which lifts those hours.