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