Community area

Garfield Ridge Chicago crime rate and trends

In Garfield Ridge, Chicago reported 213 incidents in 2026 in the city's community area geography. Compared with 2025, the total was down 89.6%.

Latest year

2026

Most recent year available for this community area.

Total incidents

213

Latest yearly total for this community area page.

Community area

56

Official Chicago community area number.

Last updated

March 12, 2026

Latest completed import or aggregate refresh.

Context

Community area context

Additional reading notes to help interpret the statistics on this page.

In Garfield Ridge, the most commonly reported categories in 2026 were battery, theft, and criminal damage.

The page also keeps the same-year citywide total nearby so neighborhood totals can be read in proportion to the broader Chicago figure.

This route uses Chicago community areas, which are stable statistical boundaries and not always identical to colloquial neighborhood definitions.

Yearly trend

Latest complete annual totals for this community area.

2001 Range 41 to 4,516 2025

Start

2001

41

Peak

2004

4,516

Low

2001

41

Latest

2025

2,039

Recent monthly trend

Latest complete monthly totals for this community area.

Sep 2024 Range 104 to 209 Feb 2026

Start

Sep 2024

198

Peak

Aug 2025

209

Low

Jan 2026

104

Latest

Feb 2026

104

Crime types by volume

The latest yearly crime-type mix for this community area, sorted by reported incident count.

Crime type	Incidents	Share of area	Route
Battery	37	17.4%	View Battery statistics in Chicago
Theft	27	12.7%	View Theft statistics in Chicago
Criminal Damage	25	11.7%	View Criminal Damage statistics in Chicago
Motor Vehicle Theft	23	10.8%	View Motor Vehicle Theft statistics in Chicago
Other Offense	22	10.3%	View Other Offense statistics in Chicago
Deceptive Practice	19	8.9%	View Deceptive Practice statistics in Chicago
Assault	13	6.1%	View Assault statistics in Chicago
Criminal Trespass	13	6.1%	View Criminal Trespass statistics in Chicago
Weapons Violation	8	3.8%	View Weapons Violation statistics in Chicago
Burglary	6	2.8%	View Burglary statistics in Chicago
Narcotics	4	1.9%	View Narcotics statistics in Chicago
Offense Involving Children	4	1.9%	View Offense Involving Children statistics in Chicago
Public Peace Violation	3	1.4%	View Public Peace Violation statistics in Chicago
Concealed Carry License Violation	3	1.4%	View Concealed Carry License Violation statistics in Chicago
Robbery	2	0.9%	View Robbery statistics in Chicago
Sex Offense	2	0.9%	View Sex Offense statistics in Chicago
Homicide	1	0.5%	View Homicide statistics in Chicago
Interference With Public Officer	1	0.5%	View Interference With Public Officer statistics in Chicago

Yearly totals for this community area

Annual incident totals for this community area with the corresponding Chicago-wide total for context.

Year	Area incidents	Share of city	Chicago total	Route
2026	213	0.6%	33,607	View Chicago 2026 crime statistics
2025	2,039	0.9%	236,669	View Chicago 2025 crime statistics
2024	2,409	0.9%	259,019	View Chicago 2024 crime statistics
2023	2,287	0.9%	263,282	View Chicago 2023 crime statistics
2022	1,954	0.8%	240,006	View Chicago 2022 crime statistics
2021	1,571	0.7%	209,657	View Chicago 2021 crime statistics
2020	1,564	0.7%	212,704	View Chicago 2020 crime statistics
2019	1,869	0.7%	261,704	View Chicago 2019 crime statistics
2018	2,105	0.8%	269,146	View Chicago 2018 crime statistics
2017	1,930	0.7%	269,286	View Chicago 2017 crime statistics
2016	2,116	0.8%	269,961	View Chicago 2016 crime statistics
2015	1,860	0.7%	264,887	View Chicago 2015 crime statistics
2014	1,935	0.7%	275,880	View Chicago 2014 crime statistics
2013	2,114	0.7%	307,613	View Chicago 2013 crime statistics
2012	2,470	0.7%	336,375	View Chicago 2012 crime statistics
2011	2,559	0.7%	352,053	View Chicago 2011 crime statistics
2010	2,590	0.7%	370,567	View Chicago 2010 crime statistics
2009	3,275	0.8%	392,866	View Chicago 2009 crime statistics
2008	3,654	0.9%	427,216	View Chicago 2008 crime statistics
2007	3,992	0.9%	437,108	View Chicago 2007 crime statistics
2006	4,213	0.9%	448,198	View Chicago 2006 crime statistics
2005	4,103	0.9%	453,788	View Chicago 2005 crime statistics
2004	4,516	1.0%	469,443	View Chicago 2004 crime statistics
2003	4,462	0.9%	475,999	View Chicago 2003 crime statistics
2002	3,617	0.7%	486,831	View Chicago 2002 crime statistics
2001	41	0.0%	485,960	View Chicago 2001 crime statistics

Recent rows

Recent incidents in Garfield Ridge

Recent incident rows are capped for page speed and included for context only.

Date	Type	Block	Neighborhood	Arrest
March 2, 2026	Criminal damage	045XX S LAWLER AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
March 2, 2026	Other offense	056XX S ARCHER AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
March 2, 2026	Criminal damage	052XX S LOTUS AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
March 1, 2026	Motor vehicle theft	048XX S LECLAIRE AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
March 1, 2026	Motor vehicle theft	057XX S MENARD AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 28, 2026	Criminal damage	066XX W ARCHER AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 28, 2026	Theft	054XX S NEWLAND AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 27, 2026	Concealed carry license violation	057XX S CICERO AVE	Garfield Ridge	Yes
February 27, 2026	Deceptive practice	056XX S ARCHER AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 26, 2026	Theft	049XX S KNOX AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 26, 2026	Criminal damage	056XX S KILPATRICK AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 25, 2026	Criminal damage	056XX S KILPATRICK AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 25, 2026	Motor vehicle theft	056XX S MEADE AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 25, 2026	Criminal trespass	057XX S CICERO AVE	Garfield Ridge	Yes
February 25, 2026	Deceptive practice	056XX S NORMANDY AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 24, 2026	Motor vehicle theft	052XX S NORMANDY AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 23, 2026	Theft	050XX W 55TH ST	Garfield Ridge	No
February 23, 2026	Motor vehicle theft	053XX S NORMANDY AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 23, 2026	Criminal damage	052XX S LOTUS AVE	Garfield Ridge	No
February 23, 2026	Theft	048XX S LAMON AVE	Garfield Ridge	No

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Important context

Methodology and caveats

These pages summarize reported public records. Use source notes and methodology before drawing comparisons.

Reported crime data can lag the real world and may exclude the most recent days.

Case classifications can change after additional investigation or administrative review.

Map coordinates are approximate because the source data is redacted to the block level.

Counts on this site summarize reported incidents and should not be treated as a complete measure of safety.

Read the methodology page for pipeline details and the about page for source notes.

Sources

Official data sources

CrimeAtlas is built from public datasets published by city agencies. Each page links back to the underlying source and the latest import timestamp.

About the data

socrata dataset

Chicago community areas

Publisher: City of Chicago

Dataset ID: igwz-8jzy

Refresh cadence: Updated as needed

Last imported: March 12, 2026

Open source dataset API endpoint

socrata dataset

Chicago crime incidents

Publisher: Chicago Police Department

Dataset ID: ijzp-q8t2

Refresh cadence: Daily

Last imported: March 12, 2026

Open source dataset API endpoint

socrata file

Chicago neighborhood boundaries reference

Publisher: City of Chicago

Dataset ID: 9wp7-iasj

Refresh cadence: Legacy file dataset

Last imported: Not available

Open source dataset

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Short answers about data coverage, definitions, and how to read these pages.

What boundary does this page use?

This page uses Chicago community area boundaries because those are directly referenced in the city crime incidents dataset.

Is Garfield Ridge the same as every local neighborhood definition?

Not always. Community areas are stable statistical geographies and may differ from colloquial neighborhood labels.