Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in Chicago (2024)
The community areas in Chicago with the lowest population-adjusted Crime Index scores for 2024, built from Chicago's own open crime data.
Ranked most dangerous to less dangerous
Not the same community areas shown on the safest neighborhoods in Chicago list.
- 1Fuller Park‡0 F
- 2Englewood4 F
- 3Greater Grand Crossing4 F
- 4North Lawndale12 F
- 5West Garfield Park13 F
- 6Washington Park14 F
- 7East Garfield Park16 F
- 8South Shore18 F
- 9Chatham19 F
- 10Oakland‡21 F
- 11Loop26 F
- 12West Englewood28 F
- 13Pullman‡30 E
- 14Near West Side31 E
- 15Riverdale‡31 E
- 16Woodlawn34 E
- 17Douglas35 E
- 18Grand Boulevard36 E
- 19Kenwood39 E
- 20Roseland40 E
- 21Auburn Gresham42 E
- 22South Chicago42 E
- 23West Pullman43 E
- 24Austin45 D
- 25Avalon Park‡49 D
‡ Small population — this area's grade is statistically volatile; treat it as directional, not precise.
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 →