Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...

A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice shows most major crime categories in Chicago are down below pre-pandemic ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson touted new crime numbers for July. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch On Tuesday, the mayor said there continues to be a downward trend in shooting ...

Chicago’s murder rate is high, and it has risen significantly in the last two years. But the recent rate of killings is not unprecedented: During the mid-1990s, Chicago experienced a higher toll ...

The Crime Lab study found spikes in homicides among the nation’s largest cities are not uncommon, but the spike in homicide rate in Chicago between 2015 and 2016 — an increase of from 478 ...

There have been 391 homicides this year in Chicago, four more than last year. Last year, violence in Chicago reached levels that had not been seen in 20 years according to the Chicago Tribune.

Chicago's homicide clearance rate – the percentage of cases in which police arrest or identify a suspect – fell from 17.1 in 2017 to 15.4 during the first six months of 2018, the data shows.

KOTLOWITZ: Well, I think, you know, some perspective - 20 years ago, the homicide rate in Chicago was twice what it is today. So there's been, in some ways, terrific progress over the past couple ...

Chicago’s homicide victims in 2025 are often young, Black and male. Most homicide victims in Chicago died as the result of gunshot wounds. Sources: City of Chicago; Tribune reporting and archives ...