Time of Incident Statistics

We all have percieved notions about what time of day is safest to be out and about, especially in neighborhoods that see high crime. I took times that each of the homicides occurred and made a chart showing when the most incidents happened. Here are the results.

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Best Week on Record

For those of you that live in Chicago and do your daily commutes on the trains or busses, you probably pick up the RedEye to pass the time on the way to your destination. If so, you most likely notice that each Thursday, they publish a map showing all the homicides in the city for the week along with the dates, addresses, and causes of death. This past week there was only 1 homicide in the City of Chicago.

As quoted from the article above, "RedEye has never published a homicide map with just one victim since the newspaper began printing homicide maps in February 2009." There was a six day span between the last two homicides, which is recently unheard of in Chicago.

19 homicides have been recorded so far for the month of January 2011, just one less than least year with a few days to go.

While it is unfortunate that there was even one death, it is exciting to see such a quiet week.

Here is a link to the RedEye Homicide Tracker.

Most Dangerous Neighborhood in the Country

Please bear in mind that this statistic is according to WalletPop, which describes itself as a friendly consumer finance site who's mission is to help you manage your money and understand how the important stories of the day affect your wallet. This particular article "25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods 2010" is tagged with the key words home, insurance, and real estate. So believe what you will about the accuracy of the information, but regardless it is still an interesting tid bit.

According to this article Chicago hold the #1 most dangerous neighborhood in the country.
(We are also on the list at #18 for another area as well.)



The bounderies for the area are Kinzie Street to the north, Damen to the east, Washington Boulevard to the south and Western to the west. The statistics for the area are as follows:

Predicted annual violent crimes: 297
Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 257.72
Chances of becoming a victim here (in one year): 1 in 4*

Neighborhood median housing value: $323,216
School District Rating: 12%

Not one of the 168 people who were killed in the City of Chicago over the summer months was killed in this area.

Here's the info for #18:



The bounderies for this area are as follows: Pershing Road to the north, State Street to the east, 43rd Street to the south, and La Salle to the west.

Predicted annual violent crimes: 202
Violent crime rate (per 1,000): 93.04
Chances of becoming a victim here (in one year): 1 in 11*

Neighborhood median housing value: Not available
School District Rating: 12%

Only one of the 168 people killed in the City of Chicago this summer was killed in this area. His name was Bennie Madison.

*(Average in Chicago: 1 in 17)

Memorial Day to Labor Day Statistics

Here are some statistics about the summer:

The final number of deceased from Memorial Day to Labor Day is 167. This is one less than last year during the same time period. These homicides add up to 4,515 years of life that were prematurely lost with the victim's average age being 27-years-old.

The youngest victim was 1-year-old and the oldest was 71-years-old.
Here is a breakdown of victims by age:

0-10: 7
11-20: 39
21-30: 76
31-40: 22
41-50: 11
51-60: 3
61+: 4

At the beginning of this project, the number of homicides in Chicago for 2010 was about equal to the number of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. Here are the current statistics:

16 – the number of casualties in Iraq during this time period
279 – the number of casualties in Afghanistan during this time period
295 – the number of casualties both Iraq and Afghanistan during this time period

Here are the death counts for different areas of Chicago that were effected:

Austin – 9
Ashburn – 2
Auburn Gresham – 8
Avalon Park – 3
Avondale – 1
Belmont Cragin – 1
Brighton Park – 2
Calumet Heights – 1
Chatham – 1
Chicago Lawn – 2
East Garfield Park – 5
Edgewater – 1
Englewood – 8
Gage Park – 5
Grand Boulevard – 4
Greater Grand Crossing – 6
Hermosa – 2
Humbolt Park – 10
Irving Park – 2
Logan Square – 1
Lower West Side – 2
McKinley Park – 1
Montclare – 1
Morgan Park – 4
Near West Side – 4
Near South Side – 1
New City – 6
North Lawndale – 7
Oakland – 1
Portage Park – 1
Rogers Park – 1
Roseland – 10
South Chicago – 7
South Lawndale – 4
South Shore – 7
Uptown – 2
Washington Heights – 1
Washington Park – 1
West Englewood – 12
West Garfield Park – 9
West Lawn – 5
West Pullman – 4
Woodlawn – 4

Here is a breakdown of the causes of death:

gunshot: 144
stabbing: 5
auto crash: 2
assault: 2
strangling: 4
trauma: 6
arson: 1
neglect: 2

Of the 167 homicides only 23 were not gun related.