Chicago Community Area 4
for the week of September 6–12, 2026
796 city records from 19 datasets published September 13, 2026 generated September 20, 2026 at 12:01 PM Datasets
Most city data on this page covers September 6–12, 2026. Some datasets are published days or weeks late, so they cover what was published since the previous edition, going back to July 23 for speed cameras. News in brief, sections and map filters show the dates they cover.
Sep 13–19
Sources: City of Chicago — Asbestos & demolition notices (opens in a new tab), Block parties & street events (opens in a new tab), City programs (opens in a new tab); Chicago Park District — Park events (opens in a new tab), Park District classes (opens in a new tab); Chicago Public Library — Library events (opens in a new tab).
Public safety Sep 2
Police recorded an aggravated assault involving a knife or cutting instrument on a public sidewalk on the 4800 block of N. Western Ave. at 9:09 a.m. on Sept. 2.
Streets & transportation Week of Jul 19–25
The camera at 4433 N. Western Ave. recorded more than twice its 52-week average of 84.2 violations. That's a sign of more speeding, or more tickets, on a busy corridor.
Buildings & housing Sep 9
A notice of intent to demolish was filed on Sept. 9. Neighbors may see demolition work and related disruption on the block.
Business & development Sep 8
The restaurant at 2213 W. Montrose Ave. failed a city food inspection on Sept. 8 that followed a complaint.
City services (311) Week of Sep 6–12
Residents filed 11 low water pressure complaints with 311, compared with a 52-week average of 0.2. That's the most in two years of data and could mean a wider water service problem.
Community events Sep 11
The street festival has permits for 4644 N. Lincoln Ave., 2300 W. Leland Ave. and 4659 N. Western Ave. starting Sept. 11, so expect crowds and street closures in the heart of Lincoln Square.
Sources: City of Chicago — Crimes (opens in a new tab), Speed cameras (opens in a new tab), Asbestos & demolition notices (opens in a new tab), Food inspections (opens in a new tab), 311 requests (opens in a new tab), Block parties & street events (opens in a new tab).
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Public safety Sep 2
1 location; a larger dot holds more records.
The Chicago Police Department recorded the incident at 9:09 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in the 048XX block of North Western Avenue. It is classified as assault, with the offense described as aggravated assault with a knife or cutting instrument.
The location type on the entry is sidewalk, meaning the incident was recorded as taking place on the public way rather than inside a building or a vehicle. The entry identifies the block rather than a street address, which is how the city publishes crime locations.
Streets & transportation Week of Jul 19–25
Camera CHI055, on the 4400 block of North Western Avenue, recorded 181 violations in the week of July 19–25. Its 52-week average is 84.2, so the week's count was about 2.1 times the average.
The camera is one of a pair covering the children's safety zone around Welles Park, the other being at 4436 N. Western Ave. on the opposite side of the street; both began issuing tickets in February 2014.1 Enforcement in park safety zones runs from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. against a 30 mph limit, with fines of $35 for 6 to 10 mph over and $100 for 11 mph or more over.1
The weekly figure counts violations recorded by the camera, not tickets upheld or paid.
Buildings & housing Sep 9
The only record behind this item is a single entry in the city's asbestos and demolition notices: a Demolition Notice of Intent filed Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, for 1736 W. Farragut Ave. The filing is categorized simply as "demolition." A notice of intent is the filing that precedes the work rather than the record of the work itself, and this one carries no start date.
The address sits on the 1700 block of West Farragut Avenue, the stretch running between Paulina Street and Ravenswood Avenue. No other record for the address appears in the week of Sept. 6-12.
Business & development Sep 8
The city inspected Taqueria El Asadero #1 at 2213 W. Montrose Ave. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, and recorded the result as a fail. The inspection is logged under the restaurant facility type, and its stated reason was a complaint rather than a routine canvass or a licence application.
City food inspection records carry the result and the reason but not, in this entry, the violations found or any follow-up date. A failed inspection is ordinarily followed by a re-inspection, which would appear in the data as a separate record on its own date.
City services (311) Week of Sep 6–12
Eleven Low Water Pressure Complaints were filed with 311 from Lincoln Square in the week of Sept. 6–12. Over the preceding 52 weeks the community area averaged 0.2 such requests a week, and no week in the two years of data on file carried more than the eleven logged that week.
Low Water Pressure Complaint is one of the service request types the Department of Water Management handles through 311, taken by phone, at 311.chicago.gov or through the Chicago Water Dashboard.1 The city's description of the request covers low pressure inside a building the caller owns, and directs renters with a pressure problem to contact their landlord instead.1 Once filed, a request is routed to the department and the work assigned or scheduled; a caller who leaves an email address or cell number gets a tracking number for the status.1
The 311 extract behind the count carries the weekly totals for the community area rather than the individual addresses, so the records name no block and no completion date for any of the eleven.
Community events Sep 11
3 locations; a larger dot holds more records.
The city's block parties and street events records carry three separate entries for the German Cultural Festival, all dated Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, and all classed as a festival with the event type "street festival." The three permitted locations are 4644 N. Lincoln Ave., 2300 W. Leland Ave. and 4659 N. Western Ave.
Those three addresses sit within about a block of one another around the point where Lincoln Avenue, Leland Avenue and Western Avenue meet. The permits are recorded against the street segments rather than against any single venue, and the entries give the date without a start or end time.
The festival is one of the German Day events of the United German-American Societies of Greater Chicago, which publishes its program at germanday.com.1
Sources: City of Chicago — Crimes (opens in a new tab), Speed cameras (opens in a new tab), Asbestos & demolition notices (opens in a new tab), Food inspections (opens in a new tab), 311 requests (opens in a new tab), Block parties & street events (opens in a new tab).
311 requests – Low Water Pressure Complaint Week of Sep 6–12 Statistically unusual
11 that week · 52-week avg 0.2 · range 0–3 · same week last year 0
The most in 2 years of data.
Business licenses – Special Event Food Week of Aug 30 – Sep 5 Statistically unusual
5 that week · 52-week avg 0.3 · range 0–5 · same week last year 1
The most since the week of Sep 21, 2025.
Traffic crashes – Parked Motor Vehicle Week of Aug 30 – Sep 5 Statistically unusual
13 that week · 52-week avg 6.7 · range 0–12 · same week last year 3
The most since the week of Feb 2, 2025.
Speed camera #CHI055 – 4433 N Western Week of Jul 19–25 Statistically unusual
181 that week · 52-week avg 84.2 · range 41–181 · same week last year 72
Well above normal.
311 requests – Missed Garbage Pick-Up Complaint Week of Sep 6–12 Statistically unusual
6 that week · 52-week avg 1.6 · range 0–7 · same week last year 0
The most since the week of Jun 14, 2026.
Sources: City of Chicago — 311 requests (opens in a new tab), Business licenses (opens in a new tab), Traffic crashes (opens in a new tab), Speed cameras (opens in a new tab).
Speed camera #CHI025 – 3034 W Foster Week of Jul 19–25 Statistically unusual
0 that week · 52-week avg 162.2 · range 0–291 · same week last year 177
Well below normal. The camera may have been out of service.
Crimes – Theft Week of Aug 30 – Sep 5
7 that week · 52-week avg 11.8 · range 5–28 · same week last year 17
41% below its 52-week average.
Crimes – Battery Week of Aug 30 – Sep 5
3 that week · 52-week avg 5.6 · range 0–10 · same week last year 8
The fewest since the week of Jun 7, 2026.
Traffic crashes – Rear End Week of Aug 30 – Sep 5
3 that week · 52-week avg 5.6 · range 1–16 · same week last year 7
46% below its 52-week average.
311 requests – Street Light Out Complaint Week of Sep 6–12
3 that week · 52-week avg 6.8 · range 1–25 · same week last year 7
The fewest since the week of May 31, 2026.
Sources: City of Chicago — Speed cameras (opens in a new tab), Crimes (opens in a new tab), Traffic crashes (opens in a new tab), 311 requests (opens in a new tab).
Past 52 weeksSame weeks a year earlier
1,861 crimes in 52 weeks · -4% vs the year before
4 victims in 52 weeks · -33% vs the year before
1,311 crashes in 52 weeks · -6% vs the year before
7,315 violations in 52 weeks · -4% vs the year before
16,804 violations in 52 weeks
2,082 permits in 52 weeks · -1% vs the year before
2,443 tickets in 52 weeks · -25% vs the year before
17 hits in 52 weeks · -32% vs the year before
5,854 potholes filled in 52 weeks · +41% vs the year before
50 vehicles in 11 weeks
536 permits in 52 weeks · +6% vs the year before
410 violations in 52 weeks · -5% vs the year before
51 notices in 52 weeks · -14% vs the year before
20 cases in 52 weeks · +18% vs the year before
535 licenses in 52 weeks · +40% vs the year before
325 inspections in 52 weeks · -34% vs the year before
69 complaints in 52 weeks · +53% vs the year before
148 inspections in 52 weeks · +59% vs the year before
22 permits in 52 weeks · -29% vs the year before
13,565 requests in 52 weeks · +21% vs the year before
Sources: City of Chicago — Crimes (opens in a new tab), Shootings & homicides (opens in a new tab), Traffic crashes (opens in a new tab), Red light cameras (opens in a new tab), Speed cameras (opens in a new tab), Street work permits (opens in a new tab), Dig tickets (opens in a new tab), Utility line hits (opens in a new tab), Potholes patched (opens in a new tab), Relocated vehicles (opens in a new tab), Building permits (opens in a new tab), Building violations (opens in a new tab), Asbestos & demolition notices (opens in a new tab), Ordinance violations (opens in a new tab), Business licenses (opens in a new tab), Food inspections (opens in a new tab), Environmental complaints (opens in a new tab), Environmental inspections (opens in a new tab), Environmental permits (opens in a new tab), 311 requests (opens in a new tab).
Sep 7, 2025 – Sep 5, 2026
263 reports · 7.4× the neighborhood average · 5.1 a week
N Lincoln Ave and N Western Ave · most common: Theft
130 reports · 3.7× the neighborhood average · 2.5 a week
N Lincoln Ave and W Berwyn Ave · most common: Theft
113 reports · 3.2× the neighborhood average · 2.2 a week
W Foster Ave and N California Ave · most common: Battery
93 reports · 2.6× the neighborhood average · 1.8 a week
N Lincoln Ave and N Campbell Ave · most common: Battery
78 reports · 2.2× the neighborhood average · 1.5 a week
W Lawrence Ave and N Ravenswood Ave · most common: Theft
64 reports · 1.8× the neighborhood average · 1.2 a week
N Rockwell St and W Gunnison St · most common: Theft
64 reports · 1.8× the neighborhood average · 1.2 a week
W Balmoral Ave and W Berwyn Ave · most common: Battery
55 reports · 1.6× the neighborhood average · 1.1 a week
W Montrose Ave and N Maplewood Ave · most common: Battery
48 reports · 1.4× the neighborhood average · 0.9 a week
N Francisco Ave and W Lawrence Ave · most common: Battery
48 reports · 1.4× the neighborhood average · 0.9 a week
N Lincoln Ave and N Western Ave · most common: Theft
Source: City of Chicago — Crimes (opens in a new tab).
Sources: City of Chicago — Crimes (opens in a new tab), Traffic crashes (opens in a new tab), Red light cameras (opens in a new tab), Speed cameras (opens in a new tab), Street work permits (opens in a new tab), Dig tickets (opens in a new tab), Relocated vehicles (opens in a new tab), Building permits (opens in a new tab), Building violations (opens in a new tab), ADU applications (opens in a new tab), Asbestos & demolition notices (opens in a new tab), Business licenses (opens in a new tab), Food inspections (opens in a new tab), West Nile mosquito tests (opens in a new tab), 311 requests (opens in a new tab), City programs (opens in a new tab), Community area boundaries (opens in a new tab); Chicago Park District — Park events (opens in a new tab), Park District classes (opens in a new tab).
796 records
49 records in this edition
Unusual high Traffic crashes – Parked Motor Vehicle: 13 crashes in the week of Aug 30 – Sep 5, the most since the week of Feb 2, 2025 (52-week average 6.7).
253 records in this edition
Unusual high Speed camera #CHI055 – 4433 N Western: 181 violations in the week of Jul 19–25, well above normal (52-week average 84.2).
27 records in this edition
11 records in this edition
Unusual high Business licenses – Special Event Food: 5 licenses in the week of Aug 30 – Sep 5, the most since the week of Sep 21, 2025 (52-week average 0.3).
4 records in this edition
313 records in this edition
Unusual high 311 requests – Low Water Pressure Complaint: 11 requests in the week of Sep 6–12, the most in 2 years of data (52-week average 0.2).
139 records in this edition
Andre Vasquez Jr., Ward 40
Covers 67% of Lincoln Square
Ward office: 5620 North Western Avenue, Chicago, 60659
(773) 654-1867 · Ward40@cityofchicago.org · Ward 40 office (opens in a new tab)
Matthew J. Martin, Ward 47
Covers 26% of Lincoln Square
Ward office: 4243 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, 60618
(773) 868-4747 · Ward47@cityofchicago.org · Ward 47 office (opens in a new tab)
Samantha Nugent, Ward 39
Covers 7% of Lincoln Square
Ward office: 4200 West Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, 60630
District 20 (Lincoln)
72% of the neighborhood's crime reports in the past year
Station: 5400 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, 60625
District 19 (Town Hall)
28% of the neighborhood's crime reports in the past year
Station: 850 W Addison St, Chicago, 60613
Budlong Woods
5630 N. Lincoln Ave., 60659
(312) 742-9590 · budlongwoods@chipublib.org · Budlong Woods (opens in a new tab)
Sulzer Regional Library
4455 N. Lincoln Ave., 60625
(312) 744-7616 · sulzerregional@chipublib.org · Sulzer Regional Library (opens in a new tab)
City services and police non-emergency
311 (312-744-5000 from outside Chicago) · City services and police non-emergency (opens in a new tab)
Emergencies
Sources: City of Chicago — Ward offices (opens in a new tab), Ward boundaries (opens in a new tab), Police stations (opens in a new tab); Chicago Public Library — Library locations (opens in a new tab).