Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in South Shore, Chicago

The violent crime rate in South Shore is 5,496 per 100,000 residents per year, 120% above Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 8 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

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

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

5,496 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,945 reported in the last 12 months

+120% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

6,552 per 100,000 residents, per year

3,511 reported in the last 12 months

+66% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

12,736 per 100,000 residents, per year

6,825 reported in the last 12 months

+86% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 53,588 for South Shore. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where South Shore sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 8 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.

South Shore is among the highest in the city: rank 8 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Chatham (6,205), East Garfield Park (5,875), West Englewood (5,347), Woodlawn (5,143).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
01071XX S Jeffery Blvd	95	41	3%
02078XX S South Shore Dr	59	33	2%
03069XX S Crandon Ave	47	42	2%
04021XX E 71st St	45	22	2%
05023XX E 70th St	41	38	1%
06073XX S Phillips Ave	41	21	1%
07075XX S Stony Island Ave	40	80	1%
08067XX S Jeffery Blvd	37	21	1%
09077XX S South Shore Dr	36	38	1%
10068XX S Dorchester Ave	34	20	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 16% of South Shore’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 South Shore by month
Month	Violent crimes in South Shore
Oct 2025	232
Nov 2025	242
Dec 2025	203
Jan 2026	206
Feb 2026	210
Mar 2026	241
Apr 2026	252
May 2026	274
Jun 2026	279
Jul 2026	281
Aug 2026	258
Sep 2026	267

When crime happens in South Shore

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in South Shore happened between 9 am and 7 pm. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 4 pm

Property crime busiest hour 4 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 South Shore by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	14	53	67
7 am	22	54	76
8 am	33	82	115
9 am	44	114	158
10 am	49	109	158
11 am	35	96	131
12 pm	45	112	157
1 pm	40	82	122
2 pm	37	89	126
3 pm	39	129	168
4 pm	51	133	184
5 pm	38	104	142
6 pm	36	105	141
7 pm	52	101	153
8 pm	34	94	128
9 pm	34	92	126
10 pm	29	80	109
11 pm	34	90	124
12 am	44	84	128
1 am	33	92	125
2 am	24	70	94
3 am	29	50	79
4 am	24	33	57
5 am	17	32	49
Total with a known time	837	2,080	2,917

Property crime in South Shore by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	33	64	97
7 am	24	92	116
8 am	31	80	111
9 am	33	110	143
10 am	51	110	161
11 am	46	128	174
12 pm	58	108	166
1 pm	34	99	133
2 pm	32	107	139
3 pm	47	125	172
4 pm	62	116	178
5 pm	45	109	154
6 pm	51	124	175
7 pm	35	128	163
8 pm	51	97	148
9 pm	35	116	151
10 pm	48	129	177
11 pm	40	103	143
12 am	29	106	135
1 am	39	87	126
2 am	40	83	123
3 am	34	86	120
4 am	29	74	103
5 am	33	70	103
Total with a known time	960	2,451	3,411

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent	2,746	5,124	+123%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	188	351	+99%
HomicideViolent	11	21	+32%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	1,065	1,987	+21%
Property damage and arsonProperty	1,060	1,978	+111%
Vehicle theftProperty	729	1,360	+104%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	341	636	+30%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	316	590	+180%
Weapons offensesOther	234	437	+144%
Drug offensesOther	135	252	+6%

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: 53,588 residents, 2020 Census
City page: Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate