Chicago · Neighborhood crime trends

Chicago Downtown and North Side

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Downtown and North Side, Q1 2022 to Q2 2026
Creator: CrimesLog

8 neighborhoods - a quarterly race to the lowest crime rate.

Crime Trends: Neighborhoods compared - each quarter from Q1 2022

Chicago as a whole averaged 22.3 crimes for every 1,000 residents per quarter in Q2 2026, while downtown Chicago and the near North Side averaged 20.0, hence it is generally safer when all crimes are considered.

How do the 8 neighborhoods of downtown Chicago and the near North Side compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 9,880 crimes across them, 20.0 for every 1,000 residents. That is 4.3% below a year earlier and 34.2% above Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

North Center has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (8.6 per 1,000), followed by Avondale (14.7) and Lincoln Park (15.1). Loop has the highest (47.1).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 8 CHICAGO DOWNTOWN AND NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOODs race across 18 quarter periods from Q1 2022 to Q2 2026 - one crime category at a time or all together. The race chart can be used to compare average crime rates by category against Chicago's average.

Neighborhood boundaries are defined by City of Chicago, community areas (Chicago Data Portal).

A little history

Downtown and North Side in Chicago. Chicago, a city incorporated in 1837 and today the third-largest in the United States, is divided into 77 official community areas, which this page uses as its neighborhoods. Downtown and North Side is one part of the city, covering the central business district known as the Loop and North Side lakefront neighborhoods such as Lincoln Park and Lake View.

Notable neighborhoods in Downtown and North Side include:

The Loop. The Loop takes its name from the cable-car and elevated train loop that circles the central business district. After the 1871 fire it became the birthplace of the skyscraper, with the Home Insurance Building of 1885 often called the first. Grant Park and the lakefront lie to its east.

The North Side lakefront. Lincoln Park is named for Abraham Lincoln and holds the city's oldest zoo, opened in 1868. Lake View is home to Wrigley Field, where the Cubs have played since 1916, and Logan Square, Avondale and North Center grew as neighborhoods of Polish, German and Scandinavian immigrants.

Lowest rate (everyday)

North Center

8.6 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Loop

47.1 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

20.0 per 1,000

4.3% below a year earlier ·

34.2% above Q1 2022

Compared

8 neighborhoods

493,931 residents · 18 quarters

Chicago Downtown and North Side neighborhood quarterly crime race

Press ▶︎ to watch Q1 2022 to Q2 2026. Tick one crime category or several; hover a bar for the neighborhood. Property crimes includes burglaries and thefts.

Crime categories

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Filbert Park, Chicago, North Center — **North Center** · Filbert Park, Chicago
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Dome Detail, Avondale — **Avondale** · Dome Detail
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Brick Side Wall of Building Under Construction, Lincoln Park — **Lincoln Park** · Brick Side Wall of Building Under Construction
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2016 National League Champions Wrigley Field Marquee 1, Lake View — **Lake View** · 2016 National League Champions Wrigley Field Marquee 1
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Calumet Avenue Near 18th St., Near South Side — **Near South Side** · Calumet Avenue Near 18th St.
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