Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in Grand Boulevard, Chicago

The violent crime rate in Grand Boulevard is 3,963 per 100,000 residents per year, 59% above Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 20 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

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

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

3,963 per 100,000 residents, per year

998 reported in the last 12 months

+59% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

7,140 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,798 reported in the last 12 months

+81% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

11,803 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,972 reported in the last 12 months

+72% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 25,181 for Grand Boulevard. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Grand Boulevard sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 20 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.

Grand Boulevard is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 20 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: South Deering (4,185), Loop (4,183), Avalon Park (3,934), Near West Side (3,706).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026
BlockViolentPropertyShare of area’s violent
01007XX E 47th St32653%
02047XX S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr29363%
03047XX S Michigan Ave25233%
04041XX S Prairie Ave20282%
05005XX E 51st St1782%
06043XX S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr16152%
07003XX E 47th St16132%
08043XX S Michigan Ave15272%
09042XX S Michigan Ave14231%
10042XX S Cottage Grove Ave14111%

“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 20% of Grand Boulevard’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 Grand Boulevard by month
MonthViolent crimes in Grand Boulevard
Oct 202575
Nov 202577
Dec 202579
Jan 202652
Feb 202678
Mar 202675
Apr 202687
May 202697
Jun 202696
Jul 202671
Aug 2026101
Sep 2026110

When crime happens in Grand Boulevard

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Grand Boulevard happened between 9 am and 7 pm. Saturday had the most.

Violent crime busiest hour 3 pm

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Property crime busiest hour 8 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 Grand Boulevard by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am31013
7 am52025
8 am142135
9 am144155
10 am113748
11 am173855
12 pm123244
1 pm113445
2 pm174158
3 pm145165
4 pm153550
5 pm193150
6 pm173249
7 pm143448
8 pm142135
9 pm223153
10 pm144054
11 pm233053
12 am152136
1 am182644
2 am151530
3 am11819
4 am61117
5 am9514
Total with a known time330665995
Property crime in Grand Boulevard by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am123244
7 am135871
8 am245983
9 am214667
10 am135265
11 am274875
12 pm255580
1 pm285987
2 pm175471
3 pm275986
4 pm245983
5 pm266187
6 pm246589
7 pm255075
8 pm2179100
9 pm185876
10 pm175168
11 pm264167
12 am284573
1 am203959
2 am174865
3 am264066
4 am155065
5 am113344
Total with a known time5051,2411,746

Reported crime by type

last 12 months
OffenseReportedPer 100k, per yearvs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent9363,717+61%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent59234+33%
HomicideViolent312−23%
Property damage and arsonProperty5522,192+134%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty5382,137+30%
Vehicle theftProperty4231,680+152%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty202802+64%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty83330+56%
Drug offensesOther101401+69%
Weapons offensesOther75298+66%

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
25,181 residents, 2020 Census
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