City In Review: Chicago

Dunning · Then vs Now

Dunning: 2024-08 vs 2025-08

A side-by-side look at how Dunning shifted between two periods.

2024-08 2025-08 Change
Building permits 35 27 -23%
Construction value ($) $746,299 $719,079 -4%
New business licenses 15 24 +60%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 1,222 1,495 +22%
Reported crimes 132 121 -8%
Violent crimes 33 44 +33%
Failed food inspections 2 3 +50%

2024-08

Dunning permit value up 42% to $746k

Permit value in Dunning rose 42% in August to $746,299, driven largely by 27 express permits. Fifteen new businesses opened, including Gwacamole Restaurant, D's Corner Hair Studio, and Kidd Joe's Tat Cave Tattoo & Body Piercing. Service requests dropped 42%, from 2,100 to 1,222—rodent baiting still topped the list with 158 calls. Crime fell 11% to 132 incidents, with violent offenses down slightly to 33. Two food inspections failed, down from three the month prior.

2025-08

Dunning violent crime up 47%, three food fails

Violent crime in Dunning jumped from 30 incidents in July to 44 in August, a 47% climb. Overall crime fell 8%, dropping from 131 to 121. Permits slipped from 30 to 27, though total value rose 4% to $719k; 22 of the 27 were express permits. The neighborhood logged 1,495 service requests, up 3% from July. Rodent baiting complaints topped the list at 176, followed by 113 abandoned vehicle reports. Three food establishments failed inspections, up from one the month prior.

New businesses — 2024-08

  • JT FOOD AND LIQUOR (Tobacco)
  • ELI'S CHEESECAKE COMPANY (Special Event Food)
  • GWACAMOLE RESTAURANT (Consumption on Premises - Incidental Activity)
  • D'S CORNER HAIR STUDIO, INC. (Limited Business License)
  • TITO'S HAIR STUDIO (Limited Business License)
  • SKILLS BARBER SHOP 2 (Limited Business License)
  • KIDD JOE' S TAT CAVE TATTOO & BODY PIERCING (Regulated Business License)
  • MC DONALD'S #5697 (Retail Food Establishment)
  • IRVING SHELL GAS AND FOOD, INC. (Tobacco)
  • MAX' FOOD & LIQUOR 1 (Tobacco)

New businesses — 2025-08

  • RENUEVATE HAIR SALON & SPA INC. (Limited Business License)
  • DUNKIN DONUTS / BASKIN ROBBINS (Retail Food Establishment)
  • LA MICHOACANA CHICAGO ICE CREAM SHOP (Retail Food Establishment)
  • NAIL TECHNICIAN (Limited Business License)
  • IRVING SHELL GAS AND FOOD, INC. (Tobacco)
  • J'ADORE HAIR STUDIO (Limited Business License)
  • ALMA LATINA BEAUTY SALON (Limited Business License)
  • JT FOOD AND LIQUOR (Tobacco)
  • MAX' FOOD & LIQUOR 1 (Retail Food Establishment)
  • OBERG MEDICAL - XL DIVISION (Manufacturing Establishments)