Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in Roseland, Chicago

The violent crime rate in Roseland is 4,657 per 100,000 residents per year, 87% above Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 14 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

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

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

4,657 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,706 reported in the last 12 months

+87% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

5,358 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,963 reported in the last 12 months

+36% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

11,178 per 100,000 residents, per year

4,095 reported in the last 12 months

+63% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 36,635 for Roseland. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Roseland sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 14 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.

Roseland is among the highest in the city: rank 14 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: South Chicago (4,784), Pullman (4,760), Auburn Gresham (4,589), Austin (4,338).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
010000X W 95th St	63	31	4%
020000X W 111th St	34	24	2%
03109XX S Halsted St	24	3	1%
04109XX S Vernon Ave	18	17	1%
05101XX S La Salle St	17	6	1%
06112XX S Vernon Ave	15	10	1%
07105XX S Indiana Ave	14	6	1%
08110XX S Vernon Ave	13	13	1%
09094XX S Harvard Ave	13	12	1%
10111XX S Vernon Ave	13	12	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 13% of Roseland’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 Roseland

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Roseland happened between 2 pm and midnight. Friday had the most.

Violent crime busiest hour 5 pm

Property crime busiest hour noon

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 Roseland by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	7	23	30
7 am	8	21	29
8 am	25	39	64
9 am	16	48	64
10 am	20	60	80
11 am	25	60	85
12 pm	24	53	77
1 pm	19	44	63
2 pm	20	51	71
3 pm	29	65	94
4 pm	32	64	96
5 pm	27	71	98
6 pm	18	69	87
7 pm	30	64	94
8 pm	28	67	95
9 pm	27	55	82
10 pm	34	62	96
11 pm	29	51	80
12 am	24	45	69
1 am	23	40	63
2 am	18	22	40
3 am	27	37	64
4 am	16	27	43
5 am	11	14	25
Total with a known time	537	1,152	1,689

Property crime in Roseland by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	17	42	59
7 am	17	45	62
8 am	21	63	84
9 am	24	56	80
10 am	20	60	80
11 am	27	44	71
12 pm	30	83	113
1 pm	13	55	68
2 pm	23	66	89
3 pm	18	69	87
4 pm	19	59	78
5 pm	18	64	82
6 pm	29	81	110
7 pm	22	71	93
8 pm	21	71	92
9 pm	27	56	83
10 pm	23	74	97
11 pm	31	55	86
12 am	23	55	78
1 am	29	42	71
2 am	22	46	68
3 am	22	40	62
4 am	14	42	56
5 am	14	37	51
Total with a known time	524	1,376	1,900

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent	1,553	4,239	+84%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	138	377	+114%
HomicideViolent	15	41	+163%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	636	1,736	+6%
Property damage and arsonProperty	633	1,728	+84%
Vehicle theftProperty	388	1,059	+59%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	159	434	+106%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	147	401	−18%
Drug offensesOther	272	742	+213%
Weapons offensesOther	154	420	+135%

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: 36,635 residents, 2020 Census
City page: Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate

Month	Violent crimes in Roseland
Oct 2025	166
Nov 2025	145
Dec 2025	119
Jan 2026	124
Feb 2026	127
Mar 2026	126
Apr 2026	162
May 2026	147
Jun 2026	122
Jul 2026	154
Aug 2026	152
Sep 2026	162