Chicago · Neighborhood crime trends

Chicago Far Southeast Side

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Far Southeast 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 southeast side of Chicago averaged 33.0, hence it is generally less safe when all crimes are considered.

How do the 12 neighborhoods of the far southeast side of Chicago compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 6,601 crimes across them, 33.0 for every 1,000 residents. That is 2.8% below a year earlier and 17.5% above Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

East Side has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (13.7 per 1,000), followed by Hegewisch (18.9) and Avalon Park (30.3). Riverdale has the highest (43.4).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 12 CHICAGO FAR SOUTHEAST 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 Southeast Side in Chicago. Chicago, incorporated in 1837 and rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1871, is the third-largest city in the United States. Far Southeast Side lies within it and reaches the city's southeastern corner at Hegewisch, beside Lake Calumet. Parts of the area, including South Chicago, South Deering and the East Side, grew around steel mills and the Calumet River, while Pullman began as a railroad sleeping-car company town.

Notable neighborhoods in Far Southeast Side include:

Pullman. The town of Pullman was built from 1880 by George Pullman for the workers of his railroad sleeping-car company, and was annexed to Chicago in 1889. The 1894 Pullman strike began here. Pullman is a National Historic Landmark and a national monument.

Steel and the Calumet. South Chicago, South Deering and the East Side grew around the steel mills and the Calumet River. Roseland, Chatham and Avalon Park developed as residential communities, and Hegewisch sits at the southeastern corner of the city, beside Lake Calumet.

Lowest rate (everyday)

East Side

13.7 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Riverdale

43.4 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

33.0 per 1,000

2.8% below a year earlier ·

17.5% above Q1 2022

Compared

12 neighborhoods

199,890 residents · 18 quarters

Chicago Far Southeast 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

Pullman Company Town, 1885 - Executive Houses, Pullman

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Aerial of 106th Street Bridge Chicago from NE in 1999, East Side — **East Side** · Aerial of 106th Street Bridge Chicago from NE in 1999
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

I-90 Shield at Brainard Avenue - Chicago, IL - October 2021, Hegewisch — **Hegewisch** · I-90 Shield at Brainard Avenue - Chicago, IL - October 2021
Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Checkers, Calumet Heights — **Calumet Heights** · Checkers
Photo: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Leons-Bar-B-Q-01, South Chicago — **South Chicago** · Leons-Bar-B-Q-01
Photo: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Saint Louis De France Catholic Church, Chicago, April 22, 1913 (NBY 853), West Pullman — **West Pullman** · Saint Louis De France Catholic Church, Chicago, April 22, 1913 (NBY 853)
Photo: Sloan, Percy H. (Percy Haydn), 1867-, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

CTA Route 95 Bus at 95th-Dan Ryan Station - September 2025, Roseland — **Roseland** · CTA Route 95 Bus at 95th-Dan Ryan Station - September 2025
Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Haunted House of the Richard Speck Murders, South Deering — **South Deering** · Haunted House of the Richard Speck Murders
Photo: Stephen Hogan, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Pullman Clock Tower, Arcade Row - Chicago, Pullman — **Pullman** · Pullman Clock Tower, Arcade Row - Chicago
Photo: Loco Steve, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

How neighborhoods moved each quarter

2022

Whole-area crime rate 28.1 to 39.5 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2022).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved down South Deering 3rd→7th (Q2)

2023

Whole-area crime rate 35.7 to 39.1 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2023).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Burnside 11th→5th (Q1) Calumet Heights 8th→4th (Q2) moved down Burnside 5th→12th (Q2) Burnside 12th→7th (Q3) Burnside 7th→3rd (Q4) Riverdale 11th→7th (Q4) Calumet Heights 6th→10th (Q4)

2024

Whole-area crime rate 32.7 to 36.9 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2024).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up South Deering 11th→7th (Q1) Calumet Heights 10th→4th (Q2) Roseland 11th→7th (Q2) moved down Burnside 5th→9th (Q2) Riverdale 6th→11th (Q2) Pullman 10th→6th (Q3) Riverdale 11th→7th (Q4) Calumet Heights 4th→8th (Q4) Pullman 6th→11th (Q4)

2025

Whole-area crime rate 31.4 to 35.1 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2025).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved down Burnside 3rd→11th (Q2) moved up Riverdale 10th→5th (Q3) Burnside 11th→7th (Q3) Burnside 7th→3rd (Q4)

2026

Whole-area crime rate 28.6 to 33.0 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved down Burnside 4th→8th (Q2)

Reported Safety Incidents

In Q2 2026: property incidents were 41% (2,704), violent incidents were 35% (2,324), vehicle crimes were 9% (579) and public order incidents were 7% (483).

Recorded crime here is grouped into violent crime, property crime (burglary and theft), vehicle crime and public order offences, so you can compare how safe each neighborhood is for the kind of crime that matters to you.

Read category comparisons with care. A category that jumps while the total hardly moves looks like a change in how offences are classified, not in what happened: Q4 2022: vehicle up 44% while the total moved 4%; Q1 2024: vehicle down 30% while the total moved 9%. The whole-area rate is the steadier guide.

Places we left out, and places to read with care

No place is left out: every neighborhood in this race has residents to count.

Burnside is a small neighborhood with only about 2,300 residents (36.5 per 1,000 from 84 crimes among 2,304 residents), so it is not named as the lowest or highest.

The 12 neighborhoods on the map

Far Southeast Side is made of 12 neighborhoods compared here, each in its own colour on the map. They are the City of Chicago’s official community areas, grouped into eight sides of the city by CrimesLog: 199,890 residents between them.

Avalon Park
Burnside
Calumet Heights
Chatham
East Side
Hegewisch
Pullman
Riverdale
Roseland
South Chicago
South Deering
West Pullman

All 12 neighborhoods, Q2 2026

Crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026, lowest first. The last two columns compare with Q1 2022.
#	Neighborhood	Residents	All	Violent	Property	Vehicle	Public order	Rate vs Q1 2022	Places gained
1	East Side	22,636	13.7	5.0	4.9	1.8	0.8	44%	–
2	Hegewisch	8,904	18.9	6.0	8.3	2.1	0.6	38%	–
3	Avalon Park	9,024	30.3	10.6	14.0	3.0	1.1	4%	3
4	Calumet Heights	11,229	31.0	9.9	13.4	3.3	2.0	20%	–
5	South Chicago	27,551	34.1	12.2	13.8	4.1	1.7	10%	3
6	West Pullman	24,549	34.3	11.3	14.1	2.9	3.1	15%	1
7	Roseland	36,635	35.2	11.8	13.5	2.4	4.5	10%	2
8	Burnside †	2,304	36.5	12.2	14.8	4.3	2.2	6%	3
9	South Deering	12,854	38.4	12.3	16.6	5.0	2.0	57%	6
10	Pullman	6,744	39.6	13.2	17.6	3.1	2.1	38%	5
11	Chatham	29,942	42.1	15.6	18.6	2.5	2.5	11%	1
12	Riverdale	7,518	43.4	21.7	12.9	1.9	2.9	31%	2

† Burnside is a small neighborhood with only about 2,300 residents. A rate on a very small number of residents or crimes is not comparable with the others.

Photographs

49 photographs of the 12 neighborhoods run along the reel; click one to see it full size. Each is credited here and under the large view.

All 49 photographs and their credits

East Side · Aerial of 106th Street Bridge Chicago from NE in 1999. Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Hegewisch · I-90 Shield at Brainard Avenue - Chicago, IL - October 2021. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Calumet Heights · Checkers. Photo: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · Leons-Bar-B-Q-01. Photo: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Pullman · Saint Louis De France Catholic Church, Chicago, April 22, 1913 (NBY 853). Photo: Sloan, Percy H. (Percy Haydn), 1867-, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Roseland · CTA Route 95 Bus at 95th-Dan Ryan Station - September 2025. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Deering · Haunted House of the Richard Speck Murders. Photo: Stephen Hogan, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Pullman Clock Tower, Arcade Row - Chicago. Photo: Loco Steve, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chatham · Smokin' Front Yard. Photo: Payton Chung from DCA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Side · Calumet Park Beach House (June 2024). Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hegewisch · 130th Street Bridge - Chicago, IL - April 2026. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Calumet Heights · Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge. Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · Avalon Theater Interior. Photo: Fixedsun, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Roseland · 95th St Crossing Under 95th-Dan Ryan Overpass - September 2025. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Deering · 130th Street Bridge (Chicago) - October 2021. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Pullman National Monument. Photo: Matthew Dillon, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chatham · Pride Cleaners. Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Side · Access Road to Illinois-Indiana State Line Marker - Chicago, IL - June 2024. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Calumet Heights · Chicago Skyway Toll Booth. Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · Not in Pittsburgh. Photo: Payton Chung from DCA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Roseland · Palmer Park Fieldhouse. Photo: Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Deering · I-94 West Approaching Stony Island Avenue Exit - Chicago, IL - October 2025. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Hotel Florence, Pullman National Monument. Photo: Matthew Dillon, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Side · Calumet Park. Photo: Bohao Zhao, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · South Chicago Station Platform (June 2024). Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Roseland · Eliot Ness Home. Photo: Stephen Hogan from Chicago, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Deering · I-94 West Approaching Stony Island Avenue - Chicago, IL - October 2021. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Pullman Company Town, 1885 - Executive Houses. Photo: J. W. Taylor, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
East Side · Saint George Church, East Side, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 587). Photo: Sloan, Percy H. (Percy Haydn), 1867-, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · South Chicago Station Entrance and Track (June 2024). Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Roseland · I-94 East Approaching Stony Island Avenue Exit - Chicago, IL - December 2021. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Deering · Calumet Fisheries. Photo: Steve Knight, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Pullman National Monument. Photo: Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Side · Ewing Avenue Bridge Open - from Northeast in 2006. Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · Commercial Avenue North at 92nd St - Chicago, IL - June 2023. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Roseland · Saint Nicholas Church, Chicago, 1913 (NBY 511). Photo: Sloan, Percy H. (Percy Haydn), 1867-, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
South Deering · BRC 583 at 100th Street. Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Pullman National Monument. Photo: Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · Chicago 95th Street Bridge Calumet River. Photo: get directly down from Chicago, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Deering · Trumbull Park Fieldhouse. Photo: Zol87 from Chicago, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Pullman National Monument. Photo: Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · Park 323 at Chicago Toward Material Service. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Pullman National Monument. Photo: Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · St Michael Catholic Church. Photo: Bohao Zhao, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Pullman National Monument. Photo: Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
South Chicago · EJ&E Calumet River Bridge and Ewing Avenue Bridge, Both Raised (2006). Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · Pullman National Monument. Photo: Matthew Dillon from Hollywood, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · May Pole Dance Pt. 1. Photo: NPS Photo, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Pullman · I-94 West Approaching I-57 - Chicago, IL - October 2021. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sources and notes

CrimesLog sources crime incident data published by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) through the City of Chicago Open Data Portal, providing public sector information released under the City of Chicago Terms of Use.

Population: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (public domain).

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Neighborhood boundaries are defined by City of Chicago, community areas (Chicago Data Portal), provided as is, grouped into eight sides of the city by CrimesLog and simplified by CrimesLog. The photographs are credited under each picture.

Rates are recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, quarter by quarter; where a neighborhood has fewer than 100 residents the rate would be worked out on 100 (those places are left out of the race). A count of recorded crime is not a verdict on any neighborhood.

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