Violent crime includes murder, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Total population in Hyde Park-South Kenwood is estimated at 41,200. This report also compares the crime rate in 1999 to rates in previous years and to other parts of the city of Chicago. Trends in Hyde Park-South Kenwood Over Time Total reported violent crime in the Hyde Park community declined 7.5 percent between calendar years 1998 and 1999 to the lowest level since the SECC began collecting data in 1975. Since 1989, the number of robberies, the most common violent crime, has decreased 41 percent. Nine homicides, the most since 1991, were reported in 1999, compared to four in 1998.