Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in Auburn Gresham, Chicago

The violent crime rate in Auburn Gresham is 4,589 per 100,000 residents per year, 84% above Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 15 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

Aerial photo of the Auburn Gresham community area in Chicago, with its boundary outlined.
Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2019, public domain

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

4,589 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,009 reported in the last 12 months

+84% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

5,827 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,551 reported in the last 12 months

+48% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

10,996 per 100,000 residents, per year

4,814 reported in the last 12 months

+60% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 43,779 for Auburn Gresham. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Auburn Gresham sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 15 of 75
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1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.

SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.

Auburn Gresham is among the highest in the city: rank 15 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Pullman (4,760), Roseland (4,657), Austin (4,338), West Pullman (4,204).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026
BlockViolentPropertyShare of area’s violent
01078XX S Sangamon St26111%
02079XX S Ashland Ave21141%
03012XX W 76th St20101%
04078XX S Halsted St19191%
05076XX S May St19111%
06079XX S Wood St19111%
07083XX S Ashland Ave1981%
08079XX S Halsted St1891%
09013XX W 76th St17241%
10077XX S Emerald Ave17121%

“Block” is the hundred-block as the police department publishes it (for example 51XX W Madison St), never an exact address. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 10 account for 10% of Auburn Gresham’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.

Violent crime, month by month

Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
Violent crimes in Auburn Gresham by month
MonthViolent crimes in Auburn Gresham
Oct 2025170
Nov 2025160
Dec 2025143
Jan 2026127
Feb 2026157
Mar 2026130
Apr 2026158
May 2026191
Jun 2026164
Jul 2026197
Aug 2026203
Sep 2026209

When crime happens in Auburn Gresham

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Auburn Gresham happened between 11 am and 10 pm. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 4 pm

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Property crime busiest hour 10 pm

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Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Chicago Police Department; 2% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.

See the numbers by hour
Violent crime in Auburn Gresham by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am43034
7 am44549
8 am235477
9 am336598
10 am196281
11 am3961100
12 pm2384107
1 pm315788
2 pm236891
3 pm316798
4 pm3680116
5 pm3171102
6 pm2674100
7 pm296190
8 pm266894
9 pm296998
10 pm127385
11 pm386098
12 am3962101
1 am306090
2 am244165
3 am242650
4 am162339
5 am142034
Total with a known time6041,3811,985
Property crime in Auburn Gresham by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am174663
7 am155166
8 am3080110
9 am4782129
10 am2576101
11 am3273105
12 pm3591126
1 pm267096
2 pm316596
3 pm3175106
4 pm286896
5 pm287098
6 pm3384117
7 pm2687113
8 pm2394117
9 pm2675101
10 pm3795132
11 pm3588123
12 am3477111
1 am4779126
2 am227092
3 am2575100
4 am195776
5 am185977
Total with a known time6901,7872,477

Reported crime by type

last 12 months
OffenseReportedPer 100k, per yearvs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent1,8774,287+86%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent108247+40%
HomicideViolent2455+253%
Property damage and arsonProperty8531,948+108%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty8341,905+16%
Vehicle theftProperty5201,188+78%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty176402−18%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty168384+82%
Weapons offensesOther133304+69%
Drug offensesOther121276+17%

Source and dates

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Source
Chicago Police Department, via City of Chicago Data Portal (dataset ijzp-q8t2), aggregated by community area
Window
October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
Population
43,779 residents, 2020 Census
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