That would be the only thing I would say could be improved. “One thing that has gotten better, but can always improve is the crime.” Maviano said, “There's always going to be an aspect of crime. With so many bars in Wrigleyville it is far from uncommon that fights break out at these bars which leads to an increase in crime. Maviano also said that police are always heavily patrolling Wrigleyville, especially Clark Street on event days at Wrigley Field.

Addison St., which is two blocks east of Wrigley Field, declined to comment for this story. Officials at Chicago Police District 19, headquartered at 850 W. According to the report, crime in Wrigleyville rose by 1.31% in 2018 from 2017 for a total of 3,242 crime cases reported in the area. The latest data published by the Chicago Police Department goes only until 2018. There were a total of 2,314 reported thefts. In the Chicago Police Department’s 2018 Annual Report, crime and theft increased even more. Including theft, the total number of reported crime cases reached 3,200. There were 2,260 reported theft cases in Lakeview in 2017.

“There are places in the city with crime a million times worse than ,” said Maviano, who also noted that Wrigleyville crime is like a “Bell Curve where crime wasn’t too bad 10 years ago, but I’d say in 14, 15, 16 it started to get bad.”Īccording to the Chicago Police Department’s 2017 Annual Report, the most common crime in Lakeview sector was theft. Niko Maviano, founder of the blog Southport Corridor, described the steady increase in the neighborhood’s crime over the past decade. Over the past decade, Wrigleyville has gone through tremendous change with millions of dollars invested in the ballpark and neighborhood by the Cubs and retail developers.īut beyond the physical change, the neighborhood also has seen changes in social, real estate and crime.

Popping buildings up left and right, but it looks beautiful.” “Anything that has to do with the Cubs that's the biggest change in the neighborhood. “All of this Wrigley stuff, that's the biggest change,” he said. He brought up an interesting point when he was asked about the biggest change to the neighborhood. Fire Engine 78 is stationed along Waveland Avenue across from Wrigley Field’s leftfield bleachers. Lieutenant Jaime Martinez of Chicago Fire Engine 78 has had a unique perspective on the physical and cultural changes on Wrigleyville. Despite Wrigleyville Facelift, Crime Persists in Neighborhoodīy Ben DiVitio and Willie Summers | Posted: Friday, May 8, 2020

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