Chicago · Neighborhood crime trends

Chicago Far North Side

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

12 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 the far north side of Chicago averaged 12.4, hence it is generally safer when all crimes are considered.

How do the 12 neighborhoods of the far north side of Chicago compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 5,717 crimes across them, 12.4 for every 1,000 residents. That is 6.0% below a year earlier and 15.5% above Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Edison Park has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (2.9 per 1,000), followed by Forest Glen (5.4) and Norwood Park (6.2). Uptown has the highest (19.7).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 12 CHICAGO FAR 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

Far North Side in Chicago. Chicago grew from a portage between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi watershed and is today the third-largest city in the United States. It is divided into 77 official community areas, which this page uses as its neighborhoods. Far North Side is one part of that city, lying at its northern edge, with neighborhoods along the lakeshore and others further inland that grew with successive waves of immigrants.

Notable neighborhoods in Far North Side include:

Rogers Park to Uptown. Rogers Park, Edgewater and Uptown line the lakeshore at the city's northern edge. Rogers Park was annexed to Chicago in 1893, and Uptown became an entertainment district in the 1910s and 1920s, with the Aragon Ballroom and the Uptown Theatre among its landmarks.

The northwest corner. Further inland, Albany Park, Lincoln Square and West Ridge grew with successive waves of immigrants. Edison Park, Norwood Park and Jefferson Park were once separate villages, and O'Hare, annexed in 1956, holds one of the world's busiest airports.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Edison Park

2.9 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Uptown

19.7 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

12.4 per 1,000

6.0% below a year earlier ·

15.5% above Q1 2022

Compared

12 neighborhoods

461,460 residents · 18 quarters

Chicago Far 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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