City In Review: Chicago

Riverdale · Then vs Now

Riverdale: 2025-04 vs 2026-04

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

2025-04 2026-04 Change
Building permits 1 1 0%
Construction value ($) $2,900 $33,000 +1038%
New business licenses 0 0
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 130 134 +3%
Reported crimes 101 59 -42%
Violent crimes 39 33 -15%
Failed food inspections 0 0

2025-04

Riverdale's lone April permit: a $2,900 express job

One permit came through in April—a $2,900 express job—while 311 calls climbed 27.5% to 130. Forty-one of those were pothole complaints, nearly three times the next category (street light outages at 15). Tree debris drew 11 calls. Crime rose 6% to 101 incidents; violent offenses stayed flat at 39. No businesses opened or closed.

2026-04

Riverdale 311 calls jump 26%, potholes lead

Service requests climbed to 134 in April, up from 106 the month before, with pothole complaints accounting for 20 of them. Water-on-street and streetlight-out calls followed. Crime dropped a third, from 88 incidents to 59, though violent offenses ticked up slightly to 33. The neighborhood logged one permit—a $33,000 express filing—and no new businesses opened.