Neighborhood overview
West Town, Chicago
Recent police-feed safety data for West Town in Chicago, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2023 national average. Sourced directly from the Chicago police open-data feed.
Safety Index
West Town reports close to Chicago's citywide rate.
Violent (persons)
401 / 100k local
vs Chicago 741 / 100k citywide (-46%)
reference: FBI 379.5 / 100k national (+6%)
Property
5,839 / 100k local
vs Chicago 4,133 / 100k citywide (+41%)
reference: FBI 1,934.1 / 100k national (+202%)
~85,502 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023-2024) · window ~84 days · newest report Jul 1, 2026 · FBI UCR national rate per 100k (2023 revised, per CIUS 2024)
Smaller-than-usual data window. Based on a ~84-day data window with 1,228 incidents — read the grade as provisional; a longer window will tighten the comparison.
Recent activity (659 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in afternoon (12pm–6pm) (34% of the window).
- · violent / persons reports flat week-over-week (26 this week, 26 the week before).
- · property reports up 3 week-over-week (100 this week, 97 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports up 5 week-over-week (13 this week, 8 the week before).
- · Most reports in West Town occur during afternoon (12pm-6pm) — 34% 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. These scores should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.