Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in New City, Chicago

The violent crime rate in New City is 3,370 per 100,000 residents per year, 35% above Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 25 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

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

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

3,370 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,350 reported in the last 12 months

+35% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

3,504 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,404 reported in the last 12 months

−11% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

7,343 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,942 reported in the last 12 months

+7% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 40,065 for New City. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where New City sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 25 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.

New City is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 25 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Douglas (3,632), Oakland (3,532), Humboldt Park (3,300), Calumet Heights (3,215).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026
BlockViolentPropertyShare of area’s violent
01045XX S Wood St2292%
02014XX W 47th St18211%
03046XX S Ashland Ave17341%
04048XX S Elizabeth St1471%
05048XX S Wood St1421%
06046XX S Halsted St12311%
07039XX S Ashland Ave1251%
08047XX S Marshfield Ave1251%
09047XX S Halsted St11331%
10015XX W 47th St11171%

“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 11% of New City’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 New City by month
MonthViolent crimes in New City
Oct 2025118
Nov 2025105
Dec 2025119
Jan 202691
Feb 2026105
Mar 2026125
Apr 2026110
May 2026132
Jun 2026107
Jul 2026132
Aug 2026101
Sep 2026105

When crime happens in New City

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in New City happened between 3 pm and 1 am. Saturday and Sunday had the most.

Violent crime busiest hour 4 pm

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Property crime busiest hour 5 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; 3% 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 New City by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am61218
7 am122739
8 am183048
9 am93140
10 am143246
11 am142640
12 pm184664
1 pm144054
2 pm194867
3 pm255075
4 pm166682
5 pm174966
6 pm245175
7 pm245680
8 pm284573
9 pm244064
10 pm284674
11 pm254469
12 am304676
1 am203050
2 am242347
3 am221840
4 am7916
5 am131124
Total with a known time4518761,327
Property crime in New City by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am121426
7 am112536
8 am82836
9 am83543
10 am143751
11 am184058
12 pm164359
1 pm174158
2 pm184563
3 pm244973
4 pm123749
5 pm166379
6 pm196079
7 pm244367
8 pm194160
9 pm223456
10 pm263864
11 pm204565
12 am213253
1 am194362
2 am154459
3 am113647
4 am203959
5 am203656
Total with a known time4109481,358

Reported crime by type

last 12 months
OffenseReportedPer 100k, per yearvs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent1,2313,073+33%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent107267+51%
HomicideViolent1230+93%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty4951,235−25%
Property damage and arsonProperty398993+6%
Vehicle theftProperty230574−14%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty181452−8%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty100250+18%
Weapons offensesOther110275+53%
Drug offensesOther78195−18%

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
40,065 residents, 2020 Census
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Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas
Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate