Violent crime
1,771 per 100,000 residents, per year
263 reported in the last 12 months
−29% vs. Chicago (2,494)
Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department
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.

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.
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).
| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01031XX S Ashland Ave | 23 | 38 | 9% |
| 02036XX S Archer Ave | 19 | 12 | 7% |
| 03032XX S Ashland Ave | 12 | 3 | 5% |
| 04037XX S Archer Ave | 9 | 6 | 3% |
| 05035XX S Leavitt St | 8 | 1 | 3% |
| 06032XX S Archer Ave | 7 | 10 | 3% |
| 07038XX S Wolcott Ave | 7 | 2 | 3% |
| 08019XX W 33rd St | 6 | 80 | 2% |
| 09035XX S Archer Ave | 6 | 20 | 2% |
| 10035XX S Damen Ave | 5 | 6 | 2% |
“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.
| Month | Violent crimes in McKinley Park |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 17 |
| Nov 2025 | 16 |
| Dec 2025 | 23 |
| Jan 2026 | 20 |
| Feb 2026 | 19 |
| Mar 2026 | 24 |
| Apr 2026 | 24 |
| May 2026 | 37 |
| Jun 2026 | 20 |
| Jul 2026 | 17 |
| Aug 2026 | 22 |
| Sep 2026 | 24 |
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
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.
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 7 am | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 8 am | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 9 am | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| 10 am | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 11 am | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 12 pm | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 1 pm | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 pm | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 pm | 12 | 27 | 39 |
| 4 pm | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 5 pm | 11 | 27 | 38 |
| 6 pm | 12 | 31 | 43 |
| 7 pm | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 8 pm | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| 9 pm | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| 10 pm | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 11 pm | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 12 am | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 1 am | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 am | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 3 am | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 4 am | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 am | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| Total with a known time | 140 | 395 | 535 |
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Chicago |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 246 | 1,656 | −28% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 16 | 108 | −39% |
| HomicideViolent | 1 | 6.7 | −57% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 240 | 1,616 | −1% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 99 | 666 | −29% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 81 | 545 | +12% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 80 | 539 | −19% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 46 | 310 | +47% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 15 | 101 | −44% |
| Drug offensesOther | 10 | 67 | −72% |