City In Review: Chicago

Near South Side

A monthly archive of Near South Side's public data — construction, business openings, service requests, safety, and food inspections.

Monthly dispatches

  1. 2026-06 One business closes, nothing else moves permits 0 · new biz 0 · 311 0 · crime 0
  2. 2026-05 Near South Side permits fall to zero permits 0 · new biz 18 · 311 0 · crime 0
  3. 2026-04 Near South Side permit value hits $15.9M permits 18 · new biz 8 · 311 491 · crime 88
  4. 2026-03 Near South Side permit count jumps 74%, value slides 41% permits 40 · new biz 12 · 311 347 · crime 186
  5. 2026-02 Near South Side permit value jumps to $18.6M permits 23 · new biz 23 · 311 335 · crime 183
  6. 2026-01 Permit value crashes 94% despite 21 new licenses permits 23 · new biz 22 · 311 338 · crime 179
  7. 2025-12 Near South Side permit value jumps to $40.8 million permits 24 · new biz 17 · 311 409 · crime 176
  8. 2025-11 Near South Side permit value jumps to $15.5M permits 22 · new biz 25 · 311 254 · crime 152
  9. 2025-10 Near South Side permit value hits $10.5 million permits 53 · new biz 34 · 311 374 · crime 202
  10. 2025-09 Near South Side permit value falls 57% permits 26 · new biz 33 · 311 405 · crime 231
  11. 2025-08 Near South Side permit value jumps to $5.5M permits 37 · new biz 18 · 311 488 · crime 215
  12. 2025-07 Near South Side permit value drops 53% in July permits 23 · new biz 25 · 311 435 · crime 229
  13. 2025-06 Near South Side permit value triples to $2.4 million permits 34 · new biz 22 · 311 497 · crime 217
  14. 2025-05 Near South Side permit value drops 80% to $745k permits 28 · new biz 13 · 311 431 · crime 216
  15. 2025-04 Near South Side permit value drops 79% to $3.6M permits 28 · new biz 16 · 311 416 · crime 225
  16. 2025-03 Near South Side permit value jumps to $17.8 million permits 36 · new biz 42 · 311 360 · crime 201
  17. 2025-02 Near South Side permit value nearly doubles to $3.1M permits 23 · new biz 19 · 311 345 · crime 168
  18. 2025-01 Near South Side permit value jumps to $1.6M permits 15 · new biz 22 · 311 320 · crime 199
  19. 2024-12 Near South Side permit value drops 92% in December permits 24 · new biz 12 · 311 307 · crime 234
  20. 2024-11 Near South Side permit value drops to $5.9M permits 17 · new biz 21 · 311 302 · crime 210
  21. 2024-10 Near South Side permit value jumps to $10.6 million permits 22 · new biz 60 · 311 365 · crime 274
  22. 2024-09 Near South Side gets 40 graffiti-removal requests permits 32 · new biz 38 · 311 356 · crime 271
  23. 2024-08 Near South Side permit value drops 86% to $2M permits 25 · new biz 38 · 311 470 · crime 260
  24. 2024-07 Near South Side permit value hits $14.4 million permits 22 · new biz 27 · 311 452 · crime 268
  25. 2024-06 Near South Side permit value drops to $1M permits 25 · new biz 69 · 311 462 · crime 224
  26. 2024-05 Near South Side logs $44.7M permit, mostly new construction permits 47 · new biz 30 · 311 482 · crime 203
  27. 2024-04 Near South Side logs 89 pothole complaints permits 10 · new biz 14 · 311 457 · crime 188