Neighborhood overview
East Garfield Park, Chicago
Recent police-feed safety data for East Garfield Park in Chicago, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Chicago police open-data feed.
Safety Index
East Garfield Park reports higher per-capita rates than Chicago citywide. Use the cards below to see which category drives the gap.
Violent (persons)
2,070 / 100k local
vs Chicago 719 / 100k citywide (+188%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (+531%)
Property
6,694 / 100k local
vs Chicago 3,813 / 100k citywide (+76%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (+332%)
~20,731 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~91 days · newest report 5/15/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)
Recent activity (234 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in evening (6pm–12am) (33% of the window).
- · violent / persons reports down 17 week-over-week (0 this week, 17 the week before).
- · property reports down 16 week-over-week (0 this week, 16 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports down 7 week-over-week (0 this week, 7 the week before).
- · Most reports in East Garfield Park occur during evening (6pm-12am) — 33% of the past 30 days landed in that window.
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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.