Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in McKinley Park, Chicago

The violent crime rate in McKinley Park is 1,771 per 100,000 residents per year, 29% below Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 44 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

Aerial photo of the Mckinley 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

1,771 per 100,000 residents, per year

263 reported in the last 12 months

−29% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

3,676 per 100,000 residents, per year

546 reported in the last 12 months

−7% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

5,615 per 100,000 residents, per year

834 reported in the last 12 months

−18% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 14,854 for McKinley Park. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where McKinley Park sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 44 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.

McKinley Park is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 44 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: East Side (1,804), Hermosa (1,798), Belmont Cragin (1,681), Hyde Park (1,654).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026
BlockViolentPropertyShare of area’s violent
01031XX S Ashland Ave23389%
02036XX S Archer Ave19127%
03032XX S Ashland Ave1235%
04037XX S Archer Ave963%
05035XX S Leavitt St813%
06032XX S Archer Ave7103%
07038XX S Wolcott Ave723%
08019XX W 33rd St6802%
09035XX S Archer Ave6202%
10035XX S Damen Ave562%

“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 39% of McKinley 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 McKinley Park by month
MonthViolent crimes in McKinley Park
Oct 202517
Nov 202516
Dec 202523
Jan 202620
Feb 202619
Mar 202624
Apr 202624
May 202637
Jun 202620
Jul 202617
Aug 202622
Sep 202624

When crime happens in McKinley Park

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in McKinley Park happened between 2 pm and 11 pm. No day of the week stood out.

Property crime busiest hour 6 pm

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No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.

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
Property crime in McKinley Park by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am11415
7 am61723
8 am3710
9 am22224
10 am10616
11 am41115
12 pm71926
1 pm41216
2 pm101727
3 pm122739
4 pm91928
5 pm112738
6 pm123143
7 pm62228
8 pm111829
9 pm22527
10 pm61420
11 pm31013
12 am5813
1 am31013
2 am31821
3 am41317
4 am11213
5 am51621
Total with a known time140395535

Reported crime by type

last 12 months
OffenseReportedPer 100k, per yearvs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent2461,656−28%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent16108−39%
HomicideViolent16.7−57%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty2401,616−1%
Property damage and arsonProperty99666−29%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty81545+12%
Vehicle theftProperty80539−19%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty46310+47%
Weapons offensesOther15101−44%
Drug offensesOther1067−72%

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
14,854 residents, 2020 Census
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Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas
Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate