Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in Uptown, Chicago

The violent crime rate in Uptown is 1,956 per 100,000 residents per year, 22% below Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 39 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

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

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

1,956 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,102 reported in the last 12 months

−22% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

3,901 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,198 reported in the last 12 months

−1% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

6,008 per 100,000 residents, per year

3,385 reported in the last 12 months

−12% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 56,344 for Uptown. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Uptown sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 39 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.

Uptown is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 39 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: Near North Side (2,105), Near South Side (2,080), South Lawndale (1,865), Gage Park (1,818).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
01045XX N Sheridan Rd	36	17	3%
02050XX N Winthrop Ave	34	15	3%
03011XX W Wilson Ave	33	43	3%
04044XX N Sheridan Rd	28	20	3%
05010XX W Leland Ave	26	13	2%
06046XX N Broadway	25	27	2%
07048XX N Marine Dr	23	3	2%
08047XX N Clarendon Ave	22	6	2%
09044XX N Broadway	20	215	2%
10010XX W Wilson Ave	20	22	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 24% of Uptown’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 Uptown

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Uptown happened between 10 am and 7 pm. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 6 pm

Property crime busiest hour 3 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 Uptown by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	2	15	17
7 am	8	29	37
8 am	16	34	50
9 am	16	25	41
10 am	6	50	56
11 am	14	42	56
12 pm	18	44	62
1 pm	13	38	51
2 pm	13	42	55
3 pm	19	46	65
4 pm	18	57	75
5 pm	17	58	75
6 pm	21	58	79
7 pm	16	39	55
8 pm	12	32	44
9 pm	17	29	46
10 pm	17	31	48
11 pm	11	33	44
12 am	14	23	37
1 am	21	14	35
2 am	13	21	34
3 am	6	8	14
4 am	2	9	11
5 am	2	7	9
Total with a known time	312	784	1,096

Property crime in Uptown by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	10	26	36
7 am	11	36	47
8 am	20	56	76
9 am	24	62	86
10 am	33	69	102
11 am	27	62	89
12 pm	39	107	146
1 pm	31	87	118
2 pm	41	111	152
3 pm	47	107	154
4 pm	50	93	143
5 pm	41	102	143
6 pm	37	116	153
7 pm	31	84	115
8 pm	23	69	92
9 pm	29	48	77
10 pm	23	63	86
11 pm	17	40	57
12 am	21	49	70
1 am	19	38	57
2 am	15	28	43
3 am	12	24	36
4 am	12	24	36
5 am	9	24	33
Total with a known time	622	1,525	2,147

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent	1,037	1,840	−20%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	63	112	−37%
HomicideViolent	2	3.5	−77%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	1,146	2,034	+24%
Property damage and arsonProperty	428	760	−19%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	336	596	+22%
Vehicle theftProperty	195	346	−48%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	93	165	−22%
Drug offensesOther	63	112	−53%
Weapons offensesOther	22	39	−78%

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: 56,344 residents, 2020 Census
City page: Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate

Month	Violent crimes in Uptown
Oct 2025	90
Nov 2025	101
Dec 2025	79
Jan 2026	69
Feb 2026	79
Mar 2026	84
Apr 2026	81
May 2026	107
Jun 2026	97
Jul 2026	111
Aug 2026	103
Sep 2026	101