Chicago, United States: crime rates by area
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Questions about crime in Chicago
- Which areas of Chicago have the least crime?
- Lowest crime among the 77 neighbourhoods of Chicago with a Safety score: Forest Glen (10/10), Edison Park (10/10), Mount Greenwood (10/10). Highest crime among the 77 neighbourhoods of Chicago with a Safety score: Fuller Park (1/10), West Garfield Park (1/10), Greater Grand Crossing (1/10).
Neighbourhoods in Chicago
- Albany Park 8/10
- Archer Heights 7/10
- Armour Square 5/10
- Ashburn 8/10
- Auburn Gresham 3/10
- Austin 3/10
- Avalon Park 4/10
- Avondale 7/10
- Belmont Cragin 7/10
- Beverly 8/10
- Bridgeport 9/10
- Brighton Park 7/10
- Burnside 4/10
- Calumet Heights 4/10
- Chatham 2/10
- Chicago Lawn 5/10
- Clearing 9/10
- Douglas 3/10
- Dunning 10/10
- East Garfield Park 1/10
- East Side 6/10
- Edgewater 8/10
- Edison Park 10/10
- Englewood 1/10
- Forest Glen 10/10
- Fuller Park 1/10
- Gage Park 6/10
- Garfield Ridge 9/10
- Grand Boulevard 3/10
- Greater Grand Crossing 1/10
- Hegewisch 6/10
- Hermosa 7/10
- Humboldt Park 4/10
- Hyde Park 6/10
- Irving Park 9/10
- Jefferson Park 10/10
- Kenwood 4/10
- Lake View 8/10
- Lincoln Park 9/10
- Lincoln Square 8/10
- Logan Square 7/10
- Loop 2/10
- Lower West Side 5/10
- McKinley Park 7/10
- Montclare 10/10
- Morgan Park 5/10
- Mount Greenwood 10/10
- Near North Side 5/10
- Near South Side 5/10
- Near West Side 3/10
- New City 5/10
- North Center 10/10
- North Lawndale 2/10
- North Park 9/10
- Norwood Park 10/10
- O'Hare 5/10
- Oakland 4/10
- Portage Park 9/10
- Pullman 2/10
- Riverdale 1/10
- Rogers Park 6/10
- Roseland 3/10
- South Chicago 2/10
- South Deering 3/10
- South Lawndale 6/10
- South Shore 2/10
- Uptown 6/10
- Washington Heights 4/10
- Washington Park 1/10
- West Elsdon 8/10
- West Englewood 2/10
- West Garfield Park 1/10
- West Lawn 8/10
- West Pullman 3/10
- West Ridge 9/10
- West Town 6/10
- Woodlawn 2/10
Other places nearby
Mayors of Chicago since 2010
Chicago: Mayor Brandon Johnson (Democrat, nonpartisan office). Governor: JB Pritzker (Democrat)
Brandon Johnson · Democrat, nonpartisan office
since May 2023
Chicago ▼ −8% · USA ▼ −20%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Lori Lightfoot · Democrat, nonpartisan office
May 2019 – May 2023
Chicago ▼ −13% · USA ▼ −3%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Rahm Emanuel · Democrat, nonpartisan office
May 2015 – May 2019
Chicago ▲ +4% · USA ▼ −9%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Rahm Emanuel · Democrat, nonpartisan office
May 2011 – May 2015
Chicago ▼ −27% · USA ▼ −12%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.
Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
