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The Chicago Public Safety DataHub will track the most recent data on violent crime in Chicago and allow users to compare it ...
The City of Chicago has scaled up its Community Violence Intervention (CVI) program, resulting in a 39% decrease in shooting incidents, a 35% decrease in fatal shootings, and a 41% decrease in ...
CHICAGO (CBS) — At least 19 people were killed and 87 others were hurt in shootings during the Fourth of July weekend across Chicago as of Friday. The ages of the victims range from 5 to 74.
In Chicago, if you were to be shot today - you’d be more likely to die from your injuries than you would have been 13 years ago. That’s the finding of a new report from nonprofit news outlet ...
Chicago ends year with fewer shootings, but more robbers use guns as overall crime remains high The city has followed a national trend of lowered gun violence, but it has stood nearly alone in ...
According to data from the city and Chicago Police Department, total violent crime is down at least 22% thus far in 2025, while there have been 90 fewer homicides and more than 400 fewer shootings ...
Chicago authorities have made arrests of suspects in only 6% of the Windy City’s 19,000 non-fatal shootings in the past seven years, according to a deep dive conducted by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Threats of violence have sparked chaos at dozens of schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs since the beginning of the school year, leading to lockdowns, security screenings and days of remo… ...
In 1966, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Chicago's West Side to protest against discriminatory housing practices. The neighborhood went into an uproar following his assassination ...
At least 100 people have been shot, 17 fatally, in gun violence across Chicago since Wednesday evening during the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend, police said.
Gun violence is dropping in Chicago as police credit new tactics, community investment "We are making progress," the city's police superintendent told ABC News.
Chicago saw a slight decrease in murders and shootings in 2024, with 573 murders and 2283 shooting incidents, compared to 620 murders and 2876 shooting incidents in 2023.