By 2024 population-adjusted Crime Index, Edison Park ranks as the safest community area in Chicago in this data. See the full ranking above for how every community area compares.

How are Chicago neighborhoods ranked?

Each community area gets a 0–100 Crime Index (higher = safer) from its reported violent and property crime rates per 100,000 residents, using Chicago's own open crime data. Safest = highest index.

Does this predict how safe a specific street is?

No. This ranks whole community areas, which can contain very different blocks. Use it to compare areas at a glance, then look at street-level detail, visit, and check local providers before deciding.

No area has zero risk

A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.

Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2024. See the full methodology →

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