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Chicago, IL

Chicago — Addison Target

2939 W Addison St · Target

Retail plaza20 stallsUp to 325 kWOpen to other EVs
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Context Glow

64

Lived score 68, then -3.8 from the citywide crime rate.

Solo after dark

60

3.0 / 5 on the question we ask with women traveling alone at night in mind. Anyone can answer from the stop they made. This is still the first look — the crowd hasn't weighed in.

Seven ways a lot can feel off

  • Lanterns4.0 / 5

    Canopy, storefront, and the stall row itself after dark.

  • Company4.0 / 5

    Other people, open businesses, and eyes on the lot — versus a highway island.

  • Solo after dark3.0 / 5

    Would you charge here alone at night? Rated with women traveling solo in mind, and from the stop you actually made.

  • Leave it3.0 / 5

    Smash-and-grab and cut-cable feel. Five means you'd leave a bag in the car; one means you wouldn't.

  • Unbothered3.0 / 5

    Whether people come to the window, ask for money, or linger at the stalls.

  • The walk4.0 / 5

    Restroom, coffee, food: how far, how lit, and whether it's open when you arrive.

  • The lot3.0 / 5

    Sightlines, cameras, which row is the dark one, and whether the exit is obvious.

First look

Target on West Addison. A neighborhood big-box, not the Loop and not a vacant industrial pier. Chicago's violent rate in this table is lower than its reputation, and its murder rate is not. Property crime is elevated. Practical version: Target hours, lock the car, skip the far row. Downtown urban stalls exist if you are already in the core. They are garages, with garage rules.

Wattfolk's read of the setting, written for a first visit. It is not a police score, and traveler notes below can move it.

City around the lot

Population
2,638,698
Violent / 100k, 2024
540

1.5× the US rate

Property / 100k, 2024
3,472

2.0× the US rate

Murder / 100k
17

Chicago's violent rate in this extract is lower than its reputation. The murder rate is not, and property crime is elevated.

Source: FBI UCR 2024, transcribed from Wikipedia's List of United States cities by crime rate (the 200 largest reporting cities).

US estimates used for the nudge: 359 violent and 1760 property crimes per 100,000 in 2024 (USAFacts, from FBI national estimates). A city rate is not this parking row.

Traveler notes

Nobody has written on this stall yet. Regulars usually know which door actually opens after ten.

Leave a field note

Score 5 if the stall feels easy, 1 if it feels off. Notes are public and anonymous — no names, plates, emails, or phone numbers.

LanternsCanopy, storefront, and the stall row itself after dark.
Rough
Easy
CompanyOther people, open businesses, and eyes on the lot — versus a highway island.
Rough
Easy
Solo after darkWould you charge here alone at night? Rated with women traveling solo in mind, and from the stop you actually made.
Rough
Easy
Leave itSmash-and-grab and cut-cable feel. Five means you'd leave a bag in the car; one means you wouldn't.
Rough
Easy
UnbotheredWhether people come to the window, ask for money, or linger at the stalls.
Rough
Easy
The walkRestroom, coffee, food: how far, how lit, and whether it's open when you arrive.
Rough
Easy
The lotSightlines, cameras, which row is the dark one, and whether the exit is obvious.
Rough
Easy

Wattfolk is an independent field guide, not Tesla. Tesla's own site says 80,000+ Superchargers worldwide. The pins here are the open sites in the supercharge.info directory of that network, with stall counts from the same list. A Glow is a first look or a traveler score. Other pins show a paper score: the citywide crime rate, plus any verified news at that exact site. A blank 60 means neither was on file. It is not a review of the lot. Crime figures are citywide rates, not the parking lot. The news log is reported incidents, not a complete record.