Beat 2431 once again ranks as the safest beat (fewest crimes) in the 24th District for 2008, and is one of the safest beats in the city, according to year-end Chicago police crime stats.
In 2008, there were 967 total crimes in Beat 2431, 71 fewer crimes than the next closest Beat 2423 (1,038), the beat directly to the north of 2431. Beat 2413 (in the southwest corner of the 24th District) and Beat 2422 (centered around Howard near the lakefront) had the most crimes in the 24th District at 1772 and 1770, respectively.
The 967 total crimes in 2008 also is 40 crimes fewer than reported in 2007 (1,007).
Out of 281 police beats citywide, Beat 2431 was the 51st safest beat in the city -- 229 police beats in Chicago reported more index crimes in 2008 than Beat 2431.
Beat 2431 also had the fewest number of index crimes in the 24th District in 2008 at 321 -- 52 fewer than the next closest Beats 2423 and 2424 (373 each).
Beat 2431 saw an increase of 12 index crimes in 2008 over the total (309) in 2007.
Here's the total number of crimes and index crimes for the 24th District in 2008.
All crimes
24th District: 12,548 (267 fewer than in 2007) - Ranks 9 of 25 police districts citywide
24th District Beats, all crimes
2413: 1772 (1756 in 2007)
2422: 1770 (1803 in 2007)
2412: 1538 (1328 in 2007)
2433: 1526 (1621 in 2007)
2432: 1408 (1511 in 2007)
2411: 1347 (1385 in 2007)
2424: 1145 (1279 in 2007)
2423: 1038 (1115 in 2007)
2431: 967 (1007 in 2007) - Ranks 51 out of 281 beats citywide
Index crimes
24th District: 4727 total crimes (40 fewer than in 2007) - 6 of 25
24th District Beats, index crimes
2413: 712 (653 in 2007)
2433: 666 (704 in 2007)
2412: 606 (475 in 2007)
2422: 589 (594 in 2007)
2411: 578 (592 in 2007)
2432: 493 (559 in 2007)
2424: 373 (461 in 2007)
2423: 373 (418 in 2007)
2431: 321 (309 in 2007) - Ranks 30 out of 281 beats citywide
