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5301 W Jackson Chicago

Austin, Chicago IL 60644 16161130280000 7 units · 1923

This building has significantly more problems than most nearby buildings. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Austin
At or below average
avg 1.7
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Austin average of 1.7.

Building characteristics
Units7
Year built1923
Stories
Building area7,414 sq ft
Property class314
PIN (Cook County parcel)16161130280000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Nathan Randle
Mailing address
4 Golf View Ct

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Initial analysis

The 7-unit residential building at 5301 W Jackson in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, owned by Nathan Randle and constructed in 1923, has had relatively few reported issues in recent years. The property has generated a total of eight 311 service requests over the past seven years, with seven of those occurring between 2024 and 2026. The most recent complaint was filed in June 2026 regarding a street light outage, while October 2025 saw a complaint about low water pressure. Other reported issues during this period included an abandoned vehicle complaint (July 2025), another street light problem (May 2025), a tree trimming request (March 2025), and a stop sign repair request (November 2024). All service requests have been closed, though it's worth noting that the tree trim request category is no longer being accepted. The building's service request history shows regular infrastructure and public service issues typical for the neighborhood, with no major building-specific or safety-related complaints recorded in the available data.

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Risk rating

How 5301 W Jackson Chicago's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of Chicago code enforcement data — building violations, 311 complaint history, environmental enforcement, and owner track records. It estimates the probability that the City of Chicago will find a code violation at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Grade A–B — Low risk

City inspectors rarely find violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Grade C — Moderate risk

Some past violations or complaints on record. Worth asking the landlord about any open issues before signing.

Grade D–F — High risk

Elevated violation and complaint history. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
13thpercentile

Out of 7212 buildings in this neighborhood, 6274 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
41%
No code
violation
59%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

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12-Month severity forecast
No violation 28.3%
Moderate concern 46.7%
Severe concern 24.9%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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5301 W Jackson Chicago event timeline

Building violations, environmental complaints and enforcement, permits, scofflaw listings, and 311 calls — most recent records in order.

2026
311 Request Jun 07
Street Light Out Complaint
311 City Services

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