Crime reports in Washington Park, Chicago

Community area versus the park, and versus Washington Heights

Washington Park is an official community area named for the large park inside and beside it. The 4,159 reports are the area extract, not a confirmed park-grounds-only total. This packet has no park-property filter.

Washington Heights is a different Far South Side community area. 4,159 does not include Washington Heights. Searchers who mix the two names should match the page to the name they mean.

Woodlawn, Grand Boulevard, and Hyde Park are also separate. Citywide 410,083 reports remain the parent. Washington Park's 1.0 percent share is a slice of that parent.

CPD's community-area field is a polygon join, not a neighborhood nickname. Washington Park's 4,159 total follows that polygon. Informal names people use for a few blocks inside the area do not get their own integer in this index. If you need a tighter geography, filter published coordinates or blocks on the table, and say that you left the 4,159 headline.

Sealed, restricted, and some sensitive incident types may be missing or sparse in the public file. 4,159 is therefore a lower bound on "everything CPD ever wrote down," not an upper bound on "everything that occurred." Quote it as published reports.

A small share, still a full public file

1.0 percent of the city extract is still 4,159 published police reports. The share does not make the table optional. It also does not make 4,159 a conviction count.

This page will not recap individual cases. Type fields belong on the incident table. Respectful use means quoting report volume with the source attached.

About 1.0 percent of the 410,083 indexed Chicago reports sit in Washington Park. That arithmetic (raw count over city total) is the only extra number this page adds to the packet. It does not become a ranking unless you compute one across every official community area yourself and show the method.

About 1.0 percent of indexed Chicago reports

4,159 ÷ 410,083 ≈ 1.0 percent. Irving Park's share is similar in this index on the Northwest Side. Similar percentages do not merge the files.

No rate is offered. Population is not in the packet.

Bookmark both URLs if you work in mixed company: reporters search the name; GIS people search the numbered path. Both resolve to the same Washington Park extract of 4,159 reports. The Chicago hub remains the parent view for 410,083 citywide.

Community area 40

Washington Park is community area 40. Use 40 for joins. The numbered URL and the Washington Park name URL both open the 4,159-row table.

The incident table holds rows. The Chicago hub holds 410,083 citywide reports.

Citation

Washington Park (Chicago community area) has 4,159 indexed CPD incident reports in city open data (LocalCrimeVault), of 410,083 citywide; reports not convictions; not Washington Heights; not park-grounds only.

Using the Washington Park table next to the city hub

The neighborhood hub lists the Washington Park rows behind the 4,159 total. Sort and filter there for dates and published CPD type codes. This packet has no type mix, so this guide will not invent one. If a type filter reduces the table below 4,159, you have left the headline on purpose; say so in the caption.

The Chicago hub is the parent file of 410,083 reports. Washington Park's about-1.0 percent share only means something against that parent. Do not paste 4,159 into a story that already used a different city total. Pair the two integers, name CPD open data, and keep the reports-not-convictions clause on the same screen as the number.

If you export rows, you are still looking at police reports. Geocodes may be offset to a block. Some addresses are blank. Community-area assignment can change when CPD repairs a location. 4,159 is the indexed snapshot for Washington Park, not a promise that a query on data.cityofchicago.org tomorrow returns the same integer.

Journalists quoting Washington Park should resist converting 4,159 into a rank or a grade. LocalCrimeVault does not rank community areas on this page. The supported pair is 4,159 neighborhood reports and 410,083 citywide reports, with Washington Park at about 1.0 percent of the city file. Pair that pair with the source note: CPD incidents via Socrata, indexed here, reports not convictions.

Questions

How many crime reports are in Washington Park, Chicago?

LocalCrimeVault indexes 4,159 CPD incident reports for the Washington Park community area, out of 410,083 Chicago reports. That is about 1.0 percent of the city file. The total is not a park-grounds-only count and does not include Washington Heights. It counts police reports, not convictions.

Is Washington Park the same as Washington Heights?

No. Washington Park has 4,159 indexed reports on this page. Washington Heights is a separate official community area. Use the matching name when you cite either extract. LocalCrimeVault indexes Chicago Police Department incidents from the city open-data portal. Washington Park's 4,159 figure is a community-area report count inside the 410,083 citywide extract, about 1.0 percent of that file, and it is not a conviction tally.

Are Washington Park figures convictions?

No. 4,159 counts published Chicago Police reports. Court outcomes are not in this extract. Quote report volume. LocalCrimeVault indexes Chicago Police Department incidents from the city open-data portal. Washington Park's 4,159 figure is a community-area report count inside the 410,083 citywide extract, about 1.0 percent of that file, and it is not a conviction tally.

Where is the Washington Park incident table?

Open the Washington Park incident table for the 4,159 indexed rows. The name slug aliases the numbered path. Citywide 410,083 reports are on the Chicago crime hub. LocalCrimeVault indexes Chicago Police Department incidents from the city open-data portal. Washington Park's 4,159 figure is a community-area report count inside the 410,083 citywide extract, about 1.0 percent of that file, and it is not a conviction tally.