Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago

The violent crime rate in Greater Grand Crossing is 8,091 per 100,000 residents per year, 224% above Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 1 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

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

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

8,091 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,358 reported in the last 12 months

+224% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

7,820 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,279 reported in the last 12 months

+98% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

17,311 per 100,000 residents, per year

5,045 reported in the last 12 months

+153% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 29,143 for Greater Grand Crossing. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Greater Grand Crossing sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 1 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.

Greater Grand Crossing is among the highest in the city: rank 1 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Englewood (7,696), West Garfield Park (7,572).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
01064XX S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr	104	60	4%
02065XX S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr	83	46	4%
03063XX S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr	71	54	3%
040000X W 69th St	40	10	2%
050000X W 71st St	39	15	2%
06068XX S Perry Ave	36	20	2%
07075XX S Stewart Ave	31	17	1%
08071XX S Vincennes Ave	22	9	1%
09074XX S Eberhart Ave	22	9	1%
10073XX S Princeton Ave	22	8	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 20% of Greater Grand Crossing’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 Greater Grand Crossing by month
Month	Violent crimes in Greater Grand Crossing
Oct 2025	196
Nov 2025	198
Dec 2025	174
Jan 2026	183
Feb 2026	147
Mar 2026	213
Apr 2026	219
May 2026	209
Jun 2026	191
Jul 2026	203
Aug 2026	207
Sep 2026	218

When crime happens in Greater Grand Crossing

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Greater Grand Crossing happened between 3 pm and 2 am. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 4 pm

Property crime busiest hour noon

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 Greater Grand Crossing by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	10	36	46
7 am	17	47	64
8 am	17	55	72
9 am	29	58	87
10 am	30	71	101
11 am	22	75	97
12 pm	25	84	109
1 pm	23	76	99
2 pm	26	83	109
3 pm	35	88	123
4 pm	36	98	134
5 pm	38	94	132
6 pm	32	86	118
7 pm	27	93	120
8 pm	26	81	107
9 pm	24	84	108
10 pm	28	71	99
11 pm	30	79	109
12 am	29	76	105
1 am	43	84	127
2 am	35	51	86
3 am	42	35	77
4 am	23	31	54
5 am	18	26	44
Total with a known time	665	1,662	2,327

Property crime in Greater Grand Crossing by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	20	42	62
7 am	19	35	54
8 am	20	53	73
9 am	23	72	95
10 am	29	76	105
11 am	29	62	91
12 pm	37	79	116
1 pm	16	71	87
2 pm	34	62	96
3 pm	27	74	101
4 pm	28	82	110
5 pm	29	87	116
6 pm	26	76	102
7 pm	24	70	94
8 pm	36	62	98
9 pm	30	67	97
10 pm	40	64	104
11 pm	31	72	103
12 am	30	74	104
1 am	39	69	108
2 am	35	64	99
3 am	23	49	72
4 am	22	41	63
5 am	20	43	63
Total with a known time	667	1,546	2,213

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent	2,174	7,460	+224%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	159	546	+209%
HomicideViolent	25	86	+452%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	743	2,549	+56%
Property damage and arsonProperty	704	2,416	+158%
Vehicle theftProperty	447	1,534	+130%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	201	690	+227%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	184	631	+29%
Weapons offensesOther	251	861	+380%
Drug offensesOther	157	539	+127%

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: 29,143 residents, 2020 Census
City page: Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate