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Crime Map and Safety Score for Cook County, Illinois

Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Cook County. Severity-weighted and rate-normalized, built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.

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Cook County, Illinois local context

Cook County, Illinois is one of the larger county markets in the US, with an estimated 5,182,090 residents across 2,100,230 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.

The county housing profile includes both owner and renter context, with owner-occupied homes at 57.7% and renter-occupied homes at 42.3%.

The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 12.9% poverty rate, a 7% unemployment rate, 42.7% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.

Commute context is included as well, with 12.5% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.

CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside Cook County without relying on one broad county-level view.

County profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.

Population 5,182,090
Households 2,100,230
Block Groups 4,002
Bachelor's+ 42.7%
Owner occupied 57.7%
Renter occupied 42.3%
Poverty rate 12.9%
Unemployment 7%
60+ min commute 12.5%

How to read the map

Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate higher modeled risk. Click any block group to see its score and grade. A free account unlocks component breakdowns and API access for production use.

About the model

Scores in Cook County come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.