Mount Greenwood, Chicago, IL Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Mount Greenwood is a neighborhood of 21,000 residents in Chicago, about 14 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Mount Greenwood?
Violent crime in Mount Greenwood sits near the national middle: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 50% of Americans live. Assaults make up 93% 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 861 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Mount Greenwood as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Mount Greenwood scores 861.
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 Mount Greenwood, Chicago, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mount Greenwood 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 Mount Greenwood
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 Mount Greenwood compares within Chicago
Every part of Mount Greenwood where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Mount Greenwood run from A+ to B+.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Mount Greenwood has less violent crime than 125 of the 135 neighborhoods in Chicago. It covers much of the Chicago Lawn, Beverly, and West Englewood areas.
Is violent crime going up in Chicago?
Reported violent crime in Chicago as a whole has fallen 45% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 9.5 to 5.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Chicago. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Chicago
Violent, US
2016
+17%
+4%
2017
+16%
+4%
2018
+7%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
2021
-40%
+6%
2022
-44%
+5%
2023
-38%
+2%
2024
-45%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Mount Greenwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mount Greenwood has about 9.1 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 32% less than the US as a whole and 73% 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 Mount Greenwood, about 93% 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 Mount Greenwood; 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 Mount Greenwood and nearby neighborhoods
Mount Greenwood has the least violent crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Mount Greenwood. 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, Mount Greenwood is safer than 88% of them.
Jobs, nightlife and walkability in Mount Greenwood
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Mount Greenwood apart: it has 17 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.17 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 75% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 68% 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.C+ (41 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 57% 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 Mount Greenwood: C (33 of 100).12 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 59% 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 Mount Greenwood
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Mount Greenwood about $7.2 million a year, or $343 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $2.4 million, or $113 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.
