As Downtown Chicago Rebounds, Concerns of Violent Crime Grow

In downtown Chicago a train rides on the Loop, the elevated rail that forms the Chicago "L" system, on June 30, 2021. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images

CHICAGO—Chicago’s downtown is rebounding from the pains of the pandemic. Restaurants and bars are open, residents are dining out, tourists and shoppers are back, and the real estate market is climbing back.

But one pandemic pain lingers around—crime. In some pockets of downtown, it’s worse.