A violent Independence Day weekend has Chicagoans worried about violent crime, but it was a spike and not a trend. Crime is ...

Fourteen people were injured and four were killed in a drive-by shooting outside a lounge in Chicago's River North ...

Editorial: Please, no more mayoral victory laps on crime after River North shooting There’s reason to be encouraged by lower crime rates. But Chicago is a long way from ‘safe’ in the public ...

Murders in Chicago have decreased 29% compared with 2021, and most types of other violent crime also continue to fall. A map showing homicides by community area comparing 2024 to 2019. City of ...

It has been a violent Fourth of July weekend here in Chicago with two mass shootings and at least 34 people shot since ...

As of mid-2024, robbery rates in the U.S. have varied widely across cities, with some urban areas experiencing particularly high levels of this crime.

Garien Gatewood, Chicago deputy mayor of community safety, joined Audrina Sinclair to discuss the city’s falling crime rates. CBS Chicago Posted: May 14, 2025 | Last updated: May 14, 2025 ...

The rate peaked at 4.2 as transit use dropped to a low point in 2021. After three years of partial ridership recovery, the CTA’s violent crime rate for the first half of this year was 3.4.

Data indicates crime rates are down. Crain’s contributor Steve Hendershot talks with host Amy Guth about why it might not feel that way. Crime in Chicago is down.