Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in Humboldt Park, Chicago

The violent crime rate in Humboldt Park is 3,300 per 100,000 residents per year, 32% above Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 26 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

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

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

3,300 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,853 reported in the last 12 months

+32% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

4,157 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,334 reported in the last 12 months

+5% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

9,086 per 100,000 residents, per year

5,102 reported in the last 12 months

+33% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 56,153 for Humboldt Park. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Humboldt Park sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 26 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.

Humboldt Park is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 26 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Oakland (3,532), New City (3,370), Calumet Heights (3,215), Kenwood (3,176).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
01037XX W Chicago Ave	34	10	2%
02042XX W North Ave	20	6	1%
03013XX N Pulaski Rd	19	6	1%
04033XX W North Ave	18	8	1%
05043XX W North Ave	18	8	1%
06039XX W Division St	17	7	1%
07008XX N Kedzie Ave	16	23	1%
08009XX N Pulaski Rd	16	10	1%
09032XX W Chicago Ave	15	9	1%
10010XX N Keeler Ave	15	2	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 10% of Humboldt Park’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 Humboldt Park by month
Month	Violent crimes in Humboldt Park
Oct 2025	148
Nov 2025	151
Dec 2025	129
Jan 2026	136
Feb 2026	114
Mar 2026	143
Apr 2026	130
May 2026	177
Jun 2026	202
Jul 2026	179
Aug 2026	206
Sep 2026	138

When crime happens in Humboldt Park

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Humboldt Park happened between 2 pm and 1 am. Saturday had the most.

Violent crime busiest hour 5 pm

Property crime busiest hour 5 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 Humboldt Park by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	10	30	40
7 am	7	41	48
8 am	13	62	75
9 am	23	54	77
10 am	22	55	77
11 am	24	62	86
12 pm	33	55	88
1 pm	17	53	70
2 pm	24	59	83
3 pm	32	67	99
4 pm	25	72	97
5 pm	25	78	103
6 pm	24	72	96
7 pm	28	61	89
8 pm	27	49	76
9 pm	27	67	94
10 pm	27	54	81
11 pm	29	63	92
12 am	32	46	78
1 am	28	51	79
2 am	32	35	67
3 am	37	29	66
4 am	19	20	39
5 am	11	26	37
Total with a known time	576	1,261	1,837

Property crime in Humboldt Park by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	16	60	76
7 am	18	69	87
8 am	19	47	66
9 am	21	61	82
10 am	34	70	104
11 am	18	61	79
12 pm	27	78	105
1 pm	29	63	92
2 pm	25	58	83
3 pm	31	83	114
4 pm	29	61	90
5 pm	38	89	127
6 pm	36	81	117
7 pm	29	67	96
8 pm	37	80	117
9 pm	32	73	105
10 pm	37	75	112
11 pm	31	65	96
12 am	34	58	92
1 am	34	55	89
2 am	29	70	99
3 am	29	55	84
4 am	29	58	87
5 am	15	59	74
Total with a known time	677	1,596	2,273

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent	1,678	2,988	+30%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	166	296	+68%
HomicideViolent	9	16	+3%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	682	1,215	−26%
Vehicle theftProperty	562	1,001	+50%
Property damage and arsonProperty	554	987	+5%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	409	728	+49%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	127	226	+7%
Drug offensesOther	773	1,377	+481%
Weapons offensesOther	142	253	+41%

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: 56,153 residents, 2020 Census
City page: Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate