2026-04 across Chicago

What happened in each community area during 2026-04.

• Loop Loop crime drops 43% while new businesses jump permits 190 · biz 329 · crime 400
• Near North Side — permits 202 · biz 103 · crime 473
• Austin Austin crime drops by a third in April permits 61 · biz 25 · crime 610
• Near West Side Near West Side crime falls 41%, permit value down $19M permits 127 · biz 88 · crime 479
• West Town West Town permit value crashes 91% in April permits 111 · biz 52 · crime 333
• Lake View Lake View violent crime drops by half in April permits 81 · biz 62 · crime 326
• South Shore South Shore crime falls 39% in April permits 22 · biz 3 · crime 410
• North Lawndale North Lawndale crime drops 36 percent permits 35 · biz 13 · crime 316
• Humboldt Park Humboldt Park permit value jumps to $40.5 million permits 37 · biz 17 · crime 305
• Auburn Gresham Auburn Gresham crime falls 29%, 185 pothole complaints permits 50 · biz 2 · crime 281
• Greater Grand Crossing Greater Grand Crossing crime falls 41% permits 25 · biz 15 · crime 288
• Logan Square Logan Square crime falls 38% in April permits 56 · biz 37 · crime 234
• Lincoln Park E-scooter complaints hit 822 in Lincoln Park permits 69 · biz 43 · crime 204
• Englewood Englewood permit value hits $9.5 million in April permits 26 · biz 5 · crime 257
• Uptown Uptown permit value hits $55.8M on express work permits 52 · biz 14 · crime 218
• Roseland Roseland crime drops 37% as permits fall permits 35 · biz 8 · crime 232
• West Englewood West Englewood permit value jumps 50% to $1.9M permits 37 · biz 2 · crime 229
• Chicago Lawn Chicago Lawn crime falls 30%, tree complaints pile up permits 27 · biz 10 · crime 224
• Belmont Cragin Crime falls 46% as potholes top 311 permits 30 · biz 19 · crime 199
• Chatham Chatham permit value drops 91% to $308k permits 12 · biz 9 · crime 220
• Woodlawn Crime dropped 38% in Woodlawn last month permits 32 · biz 12 · crime 197
• Irving Park Irving Park permits jump 52% on express filings permits 67 · biz 16 · crime 143
• New City New City permits drop 83% to $2.3M permits 24 · biz 22 · crime 177
• East Garfield Park East Garfield Park crime falls 27%, Naty's Tacos rolls in permits 19 · biz 11 · crime 190
• Portage Park Portage Park permit value jumps to $7.4 million permits 46 · biz 28 · crime 140
• South Chicago South Chicago crime falls 41% in April permits 24 · biz 5 · crime 180
• Lower West Side Lower West Side permit value drops by half permits 41 · biz 29 · crime 136
• Grand Boulevard — permits 33 · biz 2 · crime 167
• South Lawndale — permits 28 · biz 12 · crime 161
• West Garfield Park — permits 13 · biz 4 · crime 177
• Edgewater Edgewater permit value up 22% to $11.6M permits 40 · biz 17 · crime 133
• West Ridge West Ridge crime drops 49% as permit value falls permits 30 · biz 15 · crime 143
• Rogers Park Rogers Park permit value hits $6.6M, up 332% permits 25 · biz 10 · crime 152
• Lincoln Square Lincoln Square permit value drops 64% to $2.5M permits 34 · biz 13 · crime 130
• West Pullman West Pullman crime falls 43% in April permits 16 · biz 5 · crime 149
• Washington Heights Crime falls to 114 as garbage cart calls hit 88 permits 33 · biz 2 · crime 114
• Douglas Douglas permit value jumps to $11.3M permits 17 · biz 9 · crime 121
• Hyde Park Hyde Park permit value jumps to $35.7M permits 35 · biz 8 · crime 102
• Brighton Park Brighton Park permit value halves to $1.2M permits 17 · biz 10 · crime 113
• Gage Park Crime drops 45% while graffiti requests spike permits 18 · biz 2 · crime 119
• Avondale Crime drops by half as permit value hits $1.9M permits 26 · biz 13 · crime 99
• Washington Park — permits 2 · biz 0 · crime 136
• Albany Park Albany Park crime falls 40% in April permits 26 · biz 10 · crime 99
• Ohare O'Hare permit value jumps to $6.6 million permits 23 · biz 29 · crime 67
• Near South Side Near South Side permit value hits $15.9M permits 18 · biz 8 · crime 88
• North Center North Center permit value jumps to $39.6 million permits 45 · biz 9 · crime 58
• Bridgeport Bridgeport permit value drops 30% to $826k permits 16 · biz 5 · crime 87
• Garfield Ridge Permit value jumps 171% on fewer projects permits 24 · biz 10 · crime 74
• Kenwood Kenwood permit value drops 86% despite Planet Fitness arrival permits 11 · biz 3 · crime 90
• South Deering Harborside golf center adds liquor, tobacco, patio permits 4 · biz 4 · crime 92
• West Lawn West Lawn permit value jumps to $2.9M permits 10 · biz 6 · crime 81
• Morgan Park Morgan Park permits drop 89% by value permits 13 · biz 3 · crime 78
• Ashburn Ashburn permit value jumps 1,758% on $8.9M permits 29 · biz 3 · crime 60
• Armour Square Armour Square new businesses fall to 8 permits 2 · biz 8 · crime 71
• Norwood Park Norwood Park permit value triples to $2.4 million permits 31 · biz 8 · crime 41
• Mckinley Park McKinley Park permit value drops by half permits 10 · biz 5 · crime 61
• East Side East Side permit value drops 95% to $62k permits 9 · biz 0 · crime 63
• Avalon Park Taco Bell opens as Avalon Park permits dip permits 16 · biz 2 · crime 52
• Calumet Heights Calumet Heights crime falls 40% in April permits 12 · biz 1 · crime 57
• Hermosa Crime falls 56% as street potholes top 311 list permits 13 · biz 6 · crime 48
• Beverly Beverly permit value jumps to $1.96 million permits 23 · biz 4 · crime 36
• Dunning Dunning permits crater 93%, but crime drops by two-thirds permits 11 · biz 9 · crime 42
• Jefferson Park Jefferson Park crime drops by half permits 11 · biz 8 · crime 43
• Riverdale Riverdale 311 calls jump 26%, potholes lead permits 1 · biz 0 · crime 59
• Archer Heights Archer Heights permit count drops 80 percent permits 2 · biz 6 · crime 49
• North Park North Park gets auto shop, beauty salon amid permit jump permits 19 · biz 5 · crime 32
• Clearing Clearing permit value drops 96% to $123k permits 7 · biz 4 · crime 43
• Pullman Pullman permit value jumps 112-fold on two filings permits 2 · biz 1 · crime 48
• West Elsdon West Elsdon permit value doubles despite fewer pulls permits 4 · biz 3 · crime 44
• Montclare Montclare 311 requests jump 45%, potholes lead permits 11 · biz 6 · crime 22
• Mount Greenwood Mount Greenwood permit value drops 94% in April permits 17 · biz 3 · crime 19
• Forest Glen Forest Glen permit value doubles to $506k permits 12 · biz 10 · crime 16
• Oakland Oakland permit hits $700k despite half the count permits 2 · biz 0 · crime 34
• Hegewisch Hegewisch permit activity plunges to one $9k job permits 1 · biz 1 · crime 28
• Fuller Park Fuller Park crime drops 51%, down to 24 incidents permits 2 · biz 1 · crime 24
• Burnside Burnside logs one $680k permit in April permits 1 · biz 0 · crime 18
• Edison Park Edison Park permit value jumps to $889k permits 11 · biz 2 · crime 3