Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in Belmont Cragin, Chicago

The violent crime rate in Belmont Cragin is 1,681 per 100,000 residents per year, 33% below Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 45 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

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

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

1,681 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,212 reported in the last 12 months

−33% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

2,677 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,930 reported in the last 12 months

−32% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

4,547 per 100,000 residents, per year

3,278 reported in the last 12 months

−34% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 72,088 for Belmont Cragin. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Belmont Cragin sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 45 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.

Belmont Cragin is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 45 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Hermosa (1,798), McKinley Park (1,771), Hyde Park (1,654), Brighton Park (1,603).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
01025XX N Narragansett Ave	19	55	2%
02057XX W Grand Ave	17	11	1%
03024XX N Central Ave	16	7	1%
04031XX N Central Ave	15	6	1%
05048XX W Fullerton Ave	13	36	1%
06056XX W Fullerton Ave	13	17	1%
07026XX N Narragansett Ave	12	22	1%
08047XX W Fullerton Ave	11	5	1%
09053XX W Grand Ave	11	3	1%
10047XX W Belmont Ave	10	20	1%

“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 11% of Belmont Cragin’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 Belmont Cragin by month
Month	Violent crimes in Belmont Cragin
Oct 2025	98
Nov 2025	93
Dec 2025	74
Jan 2026	75
Feb 2026	88
Mar 2026	104
Apr 2026	110
May 2026	107
Jun 2026	125
Jul 2026	107
Aug 2026	117
Sep 2026	114

When crime happens in Belmont Cragin

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Belmont Cragin happened between 3 pm and midnight. Friday and Saturday had the most.

Violent crime busiest hour 6 pm

Property crime busiest hour 6 pm

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 Belmont Cragin by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	1	16	17
7 am	11	22	33
8 am	18	25	43
9 am	10	34	44
10 am	14	24	38
11 am	17	21	38
12 pm	14	44	58
1 pm	13	35	48
2 pm	18	37	55
3 pm	17	54	71
4 pm	20	46	66
5 pm	20	49	69
6 pm	34	48	82
7 pm	27	36	63
8 pm	18	40	58
9 pm	15	43	58
10 pm	28	45	73
11 pm	22	39	61
12 am	19	28	47
1 am	19	34	53
2 am	20	18	38
3 am	21	14	35
4 am	18	12	30
5 am	10	10	20
Total with a known time	424	774	1,198

Property crime in Belmont Cragin by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	14	43	57
7 am	14	33	47
8 am	14	41	55
9 am	19	51	70
10 am	19	52	71
11 am	23	39	62
12 pm	28	64	92
1 pm	17	53	70
2 pm	25	62	87
3 pm	29	54	83
4 pm	24	65	89
5 pm	33	79	112
6 pm	35	79	114
7 pm	22	71	93
8 pm	24	58	82
9 pm	12	63	75
10 pm	23	69	92
11 pm	29	65	94
12 am	23	51	74
1 am	31	48	79
2 am	25	59	84
3 am	22	39	61
4 am	23	43	66
5 am	21	44	65
Total with a known time	549	1,325	1,874

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent	1,114	1,545	−33%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	97	135	−24%
HomicideViolent	1	1.4	−91%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	657	911	−44%
Property damage and arsonProperty	451	626	−33%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	393	545	+12%
Vehicle theftProperty	338	469	−30%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	91	126	−40%
Weapons offensesOther	72	100	−44%
Drug offensesOther	64	89	−63%

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: 72,088 residents, 2020 Census
City page: Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate