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

Six shooting deaths on the South and West sides, a fatal stabbing in Little Village and a vehicular homicide in Chicago Lawn.

"If they are going to prove this isn't self-defense," defense attorney Brandon Hicks said, "they should be able to tell who shot first in the confrontation." ...

As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in ...

A 33-page evaluation of the first year of the push dubbed the People’s Plan for Community Safety promises to continue working to reduce crime and violence by “addressing the root causes of harm and ...

Gary Shanklin Jr., 23, allegedly shot Nalisha Martin, 43, and Christopher Burks, 52, after a "confrontation" in the 1200 block of West 149th Avenue.

IDPH launches a new dashboard for tracking firearm violence and deaths by county to inform prevention efforts in Illinois.

Use the table below to look up how the number of gang crimes reported in your neighborhood compared to the rest of the city.

Many big cities have seen homicide numbers return to prepandemic norms. That hasn't yet been the case in Seattle.

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a ...

Chicago saw eight homicides in the first six days of 2025, and another 28 people suffered nonfatal gunshot wounds.

As 2024 ends, Johnson and Snelling again point to drops in homicides, shootings Data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Dec. 31, 2024. The number of people slain so far in 2024: 573 ...