Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in Rogers Park, Chicago

The violent crime rate in Rogers Park is 2,123 per 100,000 residents per year, 15% below Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 36 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

Aerial photo of the Rogers 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

2,123 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,150 reported in the last 12 months

−15% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

2,555 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,384 reported in the last 12 months

−35% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

4,951 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,682 reported in the last 12 months

−28% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 54,173 for Rogers Park. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Rogers Park sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 36 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.

Rogers Park is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 36 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Hegewisch (2,420), O'Hare (2,181), Near North Side (2,105), Near South Side (2,080).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
01075XX N Paulina St	35	16	3%
02064XX N Sheridan Rd	29	71	3%
03017XX W Howard St	28	98	2%
04013XX W Morse Ave	24	12	2%
05016XX W Howard St	23	10	2%
06016XX W Jonquil Ter	23	8	2%
07074XX N Clark St	21	46	2%
08068XX N Sheridan Rd	20	29	2%
09069XX N Clark St	17	8	1%
10020XX W Birchwood Ave	16	7	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 21% of Rogers 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

When crime happens in Rogers Park

12 months to Sep 2026

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

Violent crime busiest hour 4 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 Rogers Park by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	5	13	18
7 am	10	16	26
8 am	16	37	53
9 am	14	34	48
10 am	5	35	40
11 am	14	38	52
12 pm	20	39	59
1 pm	10	34	44
2 pm	15	52	67
3 pm	18	48	66
4 pm	16	57	73
5 pm	24	42	66
6 pm	20	41	61
7 pm	20	42	62
8 pm	23	43	66
9 pm	27	39	66
10 pm	21	42	63
11 pm	13	30	43
12 am	12	26	38
1 am	11	26	37
2 am	14	19	33
3 am	14	17	31
4 am	5	12	17
5 am	5	11	16
Total with a known time	352	793	1,145

Property crime in Rogers Park by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	11	19	30
7 am	21	31	52
8 am	16	43	59
9 am	8	41	49
10 am	12	46	58
11 am	17	46	63
12 pm	25	63	88
1 pm	21	51	72
2 pm	18	53	71
3 pm	20	52	72
4 pm	29	64	93
5 pm	30	69	99
6 pm	24	52	76
7 pm	16	39	55
8 pm	10	42	52
9 pm	17	50	67
10 pm	15	46	61
11 pm	14	42	56
12 am	7	31	38
1 am	9	21	30
2 am	16	14	30
3 am	6	19	25
4 am	8	23	31
5 am	5	16	21
Total with a known time	375	973	1,348

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent	1,079	1,992	−13%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	69	127	−28%
HomicideViolent	2	3.7	−76%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	731	1,349	−18%
Property damage and arsonProperty	287	530	−43%
Vehicle theftProperty	173	319	−52%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	131	242	−50%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	62	114	−46%
Drug offensesOther	106	196	−17%
Weapons offensesOther	42	78	−57%

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: 54,173 residents, 2020 Census
City page: Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate

Month	Violent crimes in Rogers Park
Oct 2025	84
Nov 2025	96
Dec 2025	82
Jan 2026	85
Feb 2026	93
Mar 2026	89
Apr 2026	104
May 2026	111
Jun 2026	104
Jul 2026	98
Aug 2026	90
Sep 2026	114