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Towed Vehicles (Chicago)

This dataset displays location for vehicles that have been towed and impounded by the City of Chicago within the last 90 days. Illegally parked vehicles, abandoned vehicles and vehicles used for illegal activities may…

Towed Vehicles (Chicago) is published by Chicago Police Department for Chicago, Illinois. It has an API (Socrata (SODA)); its update schedule isn't stated, last updated 2026-10-24. Reuse: check terms. Check status: verified.

UpdatesNot stated
Last updated2026-10-24
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About this source

PublisherChicago Police Department
Originalhttps://data.cityofchicago.org/Transportation/Towed-Vehicles/ygr5-vcbg ↗
PlaceChicago, Illinois · city
ShelfTransport
FormatsAPI (Socrata SODA), CSV
Update rateNot stated
Located byNot stated
LicenceNot stated
CheckedVerified: opened and matched by a person or our reviewer

Cite this source: Chicago Police Department, “Towed Vehicles (Chicago)”, https://data.cityofchicago.org/Transportation/Towed-Vehicles/ygr5-vcbg, last updated 2026-10-24. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/1269 (verified).

Use it in your product

# Straight from the publisher's API (no key needed for light use)
curl "https://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/ygr5-vcbg.json?$limit=5"
Endpoint as listed by the publisher.
# Through SOS.city: this source and its neighbours, with publisher, licence and check status
curl https://api.sos.city/v1/sources/1269 -H "Authorization: Bearer sos_…"

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