Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in West Englewood, Chicago

The violent crime rate in West Englewood is 5,347 per 100,000 residents per year, 114% above Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 9 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

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

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

5,347 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,505 reported in the last 12 months

+114% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

5,785 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,628 reported in the last 12 months

+47% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

12,610 per 100,000 residents, per year

3,549 reported in the last 12 months

+84% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 28,144 for West Englewood. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where West Englewood sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 9 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.

West Englewood is among the highest in the city: rank 9 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: East Garfield Park (5,875), South Shore (5,496), Woodlawn (5,143), Riverdale (5,019).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
01063XX S Ashland Ave	33	25	2%
02071XX S Ashland Ave	23	12	2%
03069XX S Ashland Ave	21	18	1%
04055XX S Ashland Ave	19	11	1%
05068XX S Throop St	19	10	1%
06070XX S Ashland Ave	16	34	1%
07060XX S Justine St	15	5	1%
08068XX S Ashland Ave	14	22	1%
09020XX W Garfield Blvd	14	1	1%
10059XX S Ashland 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 12% of West Englewood’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 West Englewood by month
Month	Violent crimes in West Englewood
Oct 2025	129
Nov 2025	121
Dec 2025	128
Jan 2026	108
Feb 2026	114
Mar 2026	107
Apr 2026	133
May 2026	125
Jun 2026	125
Jul 2026	167
Aug 2026	138
Sep 2026	110

When crime happens in West Englewood

12 months to Sep 2026

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

Violent crime busiest hour noon

Property crime busiest hour 6 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; 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 West Englewood by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	8	14	22
7 am	15	14	29
8 am	10	39	49
9 am	17	46	63
10 am	22	51	73
11 am	17	46	63
12 pm	21	70	91
1 pm	14	47	61
2 pm	18	45	63
3 pm	34	45	79
4 pm	25	57	82
5 pm	21	53	74
6 pm	25	58	83
7 pm	19	61	80
8 pm	30	46	76
9 pm	20	54	74
10 pm	17	43	60
11 pm	36	52	88
12 am	31	43	74
1 am	21	40	61
2 am	21	33	54
3 am	19	19	38
4 am	17	17	34
5 am	6	15	21
Total with a known time	484	1,008	1,492

Property crime in West Englewood by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	11	44	55
7 am	12	31	43
8 am	21	40	61
9 am	25	46	71
10 am	22	57	79
11 am	23	54	77
12 pm	21	53	74
1 pm	19	53	72
2 pm	30	49	79
3 pm	12	62	74
4 pm	17	46	63
5 pm	17	38	55
6 pm	27	66	93
7 pm	17	51	68
8 pm	12	49	61
9 pm	18	45	63
10 pm	29	40	69
11 pm	21	46	67
12 am	21	47	68
1 am	17	34	51
2 am	21	36	57
3 am	23	32	55
4 am	14	35	49
5 am	17	37	54
Total with a known time	467	1,091	1,558

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent	1,383	4,914	+113%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	106	377	+114%
HomicideViolent	16	57	+266%
Property damage and arsonProperty	520	1,848	+97%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	514	1,826	+11%
Vehicle theftProperty	351	1,247	+87%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	141	501	+3%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	102	362	+72%
Drug offensesOther	271	963	+306%
Weapons offensesOther	145	515	+187%

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: 28,144 residents, 2020 Census
City page: Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate