Neighborhoods

Safest & Most Dangerous Chicago Neighborhoods

Chicago's safest community areas and the South and West Side corridors that carry the heaviest violent-crime burden.

86Neighborhoods graded

77%Graded A or B

C-Chicago grade

Overview

How Chicago neighborhoods compare

Chicago's neighborhood divide is among the starkest in the country. North Side and lakefront community areas — Lincoln Park, Edison Park, Lincoln Square, and the Gold Coast — generally grade well, while concentrated violent crime defines parts of the West Side such as Austin and West Garfield Park and South Side areas like Englewood.

Lowest crime

Safest neighborhoods in Chicago

These North Side and lakefront community areas tend to record the lowest serious-crime rates, supported by dense, stable residential blocks:

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population	Median income
1	Edison Park	A+	11,148	$115,078
2	Mount Greenwood	A+	18,739	$118,393
3	Forest Glen	A	17,226	$134,062
4	Schorsch Forest View	A	227	$66,071
5	Dunning	A	41,141	$80,412
6	Norwood Park	A	44,533	$88,238
7	Beverly	A	20,436	$117,969
8	West Lawn	A	17,559	$64,296
9	Gold Coast	A	15,684	$118,873
10	Garfield Ridge	A	37,630	$81,620
11	North Center	A	31,687	$117,653
12	Belmont Cragin	A	71,997	$52,606

Highest crime

Highest-crime neighborhoods in Chicago

These South and West Side corridors carry Chicago's most concentrated violent crime, a pattern rooted in decades of disinvestment rather than the city overall:

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population
1	Oakland	F	4,943
2	Washington Park	F+	11,887
3	Riverdale	F+	6,548
4	Burnside	D-	2,891
5	United Center	D	9,297
6	Bronzeville	D	42,731
7	Woodlawn	D	22,620
8	Jackson Park	D	2,486
9	South Shore	D	49,013
10	Kenwood	D	14,490
11	Garfield Park	D	38,598
12	Armour Square	D+	5,365

Full ranking

All Chicago neighborhoods, safest to highest-crime

Every graded neighborhood. Tap any name for its own map, grade and recent incidents.

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population	Median income
1	Edison Park	A+	11,148	$115,078
2	Mount Greenwood	A+	18,739	$118,393
3	Forest Glen	A	17,226	$134,062
4	Schorsch Forest View	A	227	$66,071
5	Dunning	A	41,141	$80,412
6	Norwood Park	A	44,533	$88,238
7	Beverly	A	20,436	$117,969
8	West Lawn	A	17,559	$64,296
9	Gold Coast	A	15,684	$118,873
10	Garfield Ridge	A	37,630	$81,620
11	North Center	A	31,687	$117,653
12	Belmont Cragin	A	71,997	$52,606
13	Garage Park	A	48,866	$47,963
14	Clearing	A	21,869	$73,571
15	Jefferson Park	A	26,869	$81,201
16	Lincoln Park	A	51,377	$119,403
17	West Elsdon	A-	9,139	$54,969
18	Bucktown	A-	12,426	$119,038
19	Portage Park	A-	63,218	$71,091
20	Ukrainian Village	A-	9,672	$79,587
21	Lake View	A-	77,087	$100,442
22	Archer Heights	A-	9,793	$50,458
23	East Side	A-	22,787	$53,929
24	Ashburn	A-	40,846	$92,308
25	Hegewisch	A-	8,324	$60,309
26	Wrigleyville	A-	15,358	$108,854
27	Chicago Midway International Airport	A-	201	$50,036
28	Andersonville	A-	7,175	$101,120
29	Irving Park	A-	52,911	$70,209
30	Avondale	A-	38,869	$58,674
31	Brighton Park	A-	48,652	$46,662
32	McKinley Park	A-	15,387	$50,067
33	Chicago O'Hare International Airport	A-	1,153	$51,560
34	Hermosa	A-	34,086	$49,572
35	North Park	A-	17,933	$73,757
36	Little Village	A-	79,375	$37,982
37	Lincoln Square	A-	39,088	$80,159
38	Chicago Lawn	B+	71,875	$48,706
39	East Village	B+	7,220	$109,204
40	Albany Park	B+	51,194	$63,973
41	West Ridge	B+	72,028	$66,942
42	Wicker Park	B+	21,531	$110,951
43	Old Town	B+	18,919	$127,145
44	Washington Heights	B+	26,389	$62,004
45	Morgan Park	B+	23,199	$88,582
46	West Town	B+	31,389	$90,915
47	Logan Square	B	58,547	$61,380
48	Bridgeport	B	32,161	$57,923
49	Streeterville	B	17,888	$118,486
50	South Deering	B	14,905	$45,584
51	New City	B	44,769	$44,897
52	Pullman	B	8,090	$58,455
53	Lower West Side / Pilsen	B	35,392	$41,887
54	River North	B	34,832	$95,130
55	Calumet Heights	B	14,248	$81,292
56	West Pullman	B	30,138	$57,008
57	Avalon Park	B	10,291	$67,206
58	West Loop	B	19,115	$127,052
59	Roseland	B	43,113	$58,396
60	Auburn Gresham	B	45,343	$49,077
61	Edgewater	B-	42,640	$57,414
62	Rogers Park	B-	52,695	$54,536
63	Loop	B-	15,469	$117,390
64	Humboldt Park	B-	70,002	$42,338
65	Uptown	B-	54,761	$62,193
66	Austin	B-	87,863	$45,110
67	South Chicago	C+	30,442	$46,866
68	South Loop / Near South Side	C+	41,619	$87,848
69	Hyde Park	C	21,740	$65,345
70	Englewood	C-	67,284	$36,136
71	Chatham	C-	32,627	$48,470
72	Little Italy / University Village	C-	22,139	$63,295
73	North Lawndale	C-	36,027	$36,749
74	Grand Crossing	D+	29,551	$46,605
75	Armour Square	D+	5,365	$33,643
76	Garfield Park	D	38,598	$38,028
77	Kenwood	D	14,490	$62,657
78	South Shore	D	49,013	$45,977
79	Jackson Park	D	2,486	$49,837
80	Woodlawn	D	22,620	$42,134
81	Bronzeville	D	42,731	$46,294
82	United Center	D	9,297	$44,652
83	Burnside	D-	2,891	$37,006
84	Riverdale	F+	6,548	$22,332
85	Washington Park	F+	11,887	$36,378
86	Oakland	F	4,943	$37,203

By ZIP code

Chicago crime by ZIP code

ZIP codes ranked from safest to highest-crime.

#	ZIP code	Grade	Population	Median income
1	60656	A+	21,057	$79,676
2	60631	A+	31,120	$100,879
3	60646	A	26,345	$118,440
4	60655	A	28,801	$115,325
5	60634	A	74,614	$75,819
6	60638	A	57,184	$79,377
7	60614	A	65,005	$122,556
8	60657	A	66,899	$105,290
9	60652	A	39,403	$90,771
10	60666	A	29	$69,485
11	60630	A	55,494	$76,254
12	60688	A	17	$65,268
13	60645	A	44,134	$71,432
14	60613	A	47,603	$91,417
15	60632	A	88,911	$48,431
16	60641	A	68,795	$64,229
17	60618	A	90,383	$78,617
18	60629	A-	111,101	$52,244
19	60639	A-	93,942	$50,045
20	60625	A-	77,699	$72,687
21	60654	A-	14,848	$120,591
22	60611	A-	28,542	$119,310
23	60647	A-	87,796	$72,780
24	60622	A-	52,363	$89,139
25	60602	A-	1,366	$118,542
26	60659	A-	40,610	$63,025
27	60601	A-	11,381	$121,083
28	60661	A-	7,506	$118,386
29	60669	B+	1,177	$99,957
30	60610	B+	36,852	$97,816
31	60633	B+	14,056	$55,048
32	60626	B+	51,791	$53,485
33	60643	B+	49,509	$89,327
34	60617	B+	83,321	$55,127
35	60606	B+	3,665	$118,990
36	60651	B+	63,221	$43,072
37	60660	B+	41,424	$58,444
38	60608	B+	80,017	$45,261
39	60642	B+	20,093	$89,037
40	60609	B+	67,903	$48,565
41	60628	B+	72,630	$56,516
42	60636	B+	42,798	$42,825
43	60623	B+	93,744	$37,773
44	60603	B	677	$96,543
45	60604	B	538	$94,414
46	60640	B	65,367	$64,788
47	60674	B	27	$89,811
48	60607	B	23,291	$108,048
49	60605	B	23,659	$91,647
50	60620	B	72,830	$51,443
51	60619	B	62,339	$53,800
52	60616	B-	44,168	$59,267
53	60644	B-	48,113	$41,387
54	60612	C+	33,962	$51,662
55	60615	C	38,622	$59,115
56	60637	C-	48,186	$47,882
57	60624	C-	38,523	$36,079
58	60649	D+	48,371	$44,313
59	60621	D+	36,734	$30,792
60	60653	F+	30,870	$45,741

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