West Town, Chicago
Chicago · neighborhood · updated 2026-11-12
| 2026 to date | 6,180 incidents (through 2026-11-04) |
|---|---|
| 2025 full year | 6,903 incidents |
| Full archive | 135,730 incidents · 2009–2026 |
About this neighborhood
2025 snapshot (full-year). West Town recorded 6,903 incidents in 2025 (2.9% of Chicago incidents in the same source period). These are raw police open-data counts, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
West Town had 7,988 incidents in 2024 and 6,903 in 2025, a 13.6% decrease. Comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and neighborhood boundaries.
2025 category breakdown
| Theft | 2,265 |
| Assault | 1,182 |
| Vandalism | 814 |
| Auto theft | 685 |
| Other | 642 |
| Burglary | 531 |
Across 2009–2026, this neighborhood has 135,730 incidents in the current archive. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
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