Pine Grove, Chicago, IL Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Pine Grove is a neighborhood of 14,800 residents in Chicago, about 5 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Pine Grove?
Violent crime in Pine Grove runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: an A-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 63% of Americans live. Assaults make up 87% 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 793 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
37% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Pine Grove as a whole, and 63% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Pine Grove scores 793.
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 Pine Grove, Chicago, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pine Grove 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 Pine Grove
Robbery stands out among neighborhoods graded A for violent crime. For the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded A for violent crime, the figure is 0.37 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Pine Grove has 1.0.
Aggravated assaults happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Chicago as a whole, 51% of reported aggravated assaults happen on streets and sidewalks, against 21% nationally.
How Pine Grove compares within Chicago
Low violent crime is the norm across Pine Grove: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Pine Grove run from A+ to F.
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A or B 90%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Pine Grove has less violent crime than 113 of the 135 neighborhoods in Chicago. It covers much of the Lake View, Lincoln Park, and Edgewater areas.
Violent crime rates and types in Pine Grove
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pine Grove has about 12 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% less than the US as a whole and 65% 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 Pine Grove, about 87% 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 Pine Grove; these figures cover Chicago as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
Robberies happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 65% of them.
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 Pine Grove and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Pine Grove, 7 have less violent crime. Roscoe Village and Cuyler have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Pine Grove. 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, Pine Grove is safer than 76% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Pine Grove apart: it has a Walk Grade of A+ (94 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 100% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more assault, and it runs high here.
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. 100% of residents here live in walkable areas.A+ (94 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.100% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Pine Grove: B- (52 of 100).75 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.1% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 94% 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 Pine Grove
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Pine Grove about $6.4 million a year, or $433 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $2.3 million, or $153 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.
