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The total annual crime rate of West Garfield Park is 11,126 (estimate) per 100,000 people, making it one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago. 2. North Lawndale ...
Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods were more dangerous than ever in 2021 Though the rise in murders slowed from 2020, last year was the deadliest since the mid-1990s.
As the Chicago Justice Project reported, police Supt. Jody Weis pointed out that many of the Census tracts deemed dangerous in the Neighborhood Scout report are not even among the top 25 most ...
May 4, 2013 -- intro: You're more likely to be the victim of violent crime in Detroit—specifically, in the neighborhood near the intersection of Livernois Avenue and West Chicago Street—than ...
The Chicago Crime Commission has released its latest book of street gangs in the Chicago area that identifies about a thousand leaders and posts their mugshots over nearly 400 pages. The book comes… ...
Chicago is home to four of the top 25 most dangerous "neighborhoods" in the country, including a sliver of Washington Park that ranked No. 2, a recently released study of FBI crime statistics shows.
After last Friday’s article on the safest neighborhoods in Chicago, Ward Room got to wondering about the other end of the spectrum: the most violent neighborhoods in Chicago. So we calculated ...
Walker notes that “the one virtue of the seniority system is fairness” since it reduces the power of favoritism, a longstanding concern in Chicago. He also points out that in some cities the ...
Chicago's issues with rats are no secret to anyone, but ... Worst Neighborhoods For Rats In Chicago: West Town Tops List For Complaints. June 10, 2021 / 8:54 AM CDT / CBS Chicago ...
Coping Mechanisms. University of Chicago researcher Dexter Voisin studies how youth on Chicago's south side cope with community violence. He says teens growing up in dangerous neighborhoods have a ...