Property Crime per Capita in West Town
Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 West Town residents.
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D+
C |
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Property Crime Grade |
C- |
Other Crime Grade |
F |
$8.78 million
Cost of Crime™ for West Town, Chicago, IL
In 2025, property crime will cost $363 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of West Town with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.
The C- grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in West Town against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is slightly higher than the norm. West Town sits in the 37th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 37% of neighborhoods and behind 63%. The grade covers only West Town's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.
The property crime rate in West Town is 26.29 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the northwest part of the neighborhood as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 21 in the northeast areas to 1 in 43 in the northwest.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of West Town, Chicago, IL report the most property crime, about 257 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 10 per year.
The Cost of Crime™ in West Town, Chicago, IL
Property crime in West Town is projected to cost $8,775,182 in 2025, about $182 per resident and $363 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:- Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 66.5%
- Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 27.7%
- Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.7%
How Much Does Property Crime Cost in West Town Compared to Other Neighborhoods?
| West Town, Chicago, IL: | $182 |
|---|---|
| Loop, Chicago, IL: | $277 |
| Mount Greenwood, Chicago, IL: | $100 |
| Illinois: | $107 |
| USA: | $136 |
Property crime costs $182 per resident each year in West Town, which is $46 more than the national average and $75 more than Chicago's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to West Town:
- In Loop, Chicago, IL, crime costs $277 per person, which is $95 more than in West Town.
- In Mount Greenwood, Chicago, IL, crime costs $100 per person, which is $82 less than in West Town
2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type
The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for West Town, with the projected cost per resident.Crime |
Cost to West Town |
Cost per West Town Resident |
|---|---|---|
Vehicle Theft |
$2.47 million |
$51 |
Burglary |
$1.22 million |
$25 |
Theft |
$5.01 million |
$104 |
Arson |
$72,095 |
$1 |
Total Cost of Property Crime |
$8,775,182 |
$182 |
How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated
Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in West Town, Chicago, IL. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.Interpreting the Property Crime Maps
Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the southeast part of the neighborhood has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.
Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.
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The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 West Town residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
20.11 |
Vehicle Theft |
3.308 |
Burglary |
2.803 |
Arson |
0.0620 |
Total Property Crime |
26.29 (C-) |
Individual West Town Crime Maps & Stats
Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods
Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of property crime in West Town is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to West Town.
Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
D | C | D+ | |
C- | B- | C+ | |
D | C- | D+ | |
D | C | D+ | |
C- | B- | B- | |
D | C | C- | |
D+ | C+ | C | |
D+ | C- | C- | |
D | C- | D+ | |
D+ | C | C+ |
Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations
West Town is similar versus other neighborhoods of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.
Similar Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
A- | B- | B- | |
A- | B- | B- | |
A- | B+ | B+ | |
C+ | C- | C- | |
F | C | C | |
B- | C | C | |
C | C- | C- | |
B- | B- | B- | |
C | C+ | C+ | |
D- | D- | D- |
Considering only the property crime rate, West Town is less safe than the Illinois state average and less safe than the national average.
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