Martin Luther, Chicago, IL Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Martin Luther is a neighborhood of 13,000 residents in Chicago, about 9 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Martin Luther?
Violent crime is high in Martin Luther: a B+, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 72% of Americans live. Assaults make up 92% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Chicago as a whole grades D- for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 719 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
28% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Martin Luther as a whole, and 72% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Martin Luther scores 719.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Martin Luther, Chicago, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Martin Luther in Chicago, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about violent crime in Martin Luther
Robberies happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Chicago as a whole, 65% of reported robberies happen on streets and sidewalks, against 31% nationally.
How Martin Luther compares within Chicago
Low violent crime is the norm across Martin Luther: 98% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Violent crime grades across Martin Luther run from A- to C+.
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A or B 98%C 2%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Martin Luther has less violent crime than 101 of the 135 neighborhoods in Chicago. It covers much of the Belmont Cragin, Norwood Park, and Dunning areas.
Violent crime rates and types in Martin Luther
CrimeGrade™ estimates Martin Luther has about 17 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 24% more than the US as a whole and 51% less than Chicago as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Martin Luther, about 92% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when violent crime happens in Chicago
The Chicago Police Department polices Martin Luther; these figures cover Chicago as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Chicago as a whole, 32% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (65%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Violent crime in Martin Luther and nearby neighborhoods
Martin Luther has less violent crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Martin Luther. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Martin Luther is safer than 64% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Martin Luther apart: it has 97% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 16 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places where many residents live in dense blocks tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.97% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.16 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 78% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more assault. 50% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (66 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 75% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Martin Luther: C (40 of 100).14 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 63% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What violent crime costs Martin Luther
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Martin Luther about $8.6 million a year, or $662 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $2.8 million, or $214 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
