The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% ...

A Chicago police officers escorts a young boy home through a crime scene where two children were shot, including an 8-year-old boy fatally, in the 1400 block of East 71st Place on the South Side ...

Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker weighed in Tuesday on Chicago’s massive drop in violent crime. Political Reporter Chris ...

Major cities across the country, including New York and Los Angeles, have seen significant dips in violent crime since the unrest of 2020, when protests, riots and looting followed the killing of ...

Skogan, who studies crime policy and policing, said violent crime levels are still bad. "The concern on my part is that 2020 is a terrible benchmark," Skogan said.

Amid recent political rhetoric about rising crime in American cities, a new analysis shows that violent crime has continued ...

The city of Chicago saw a historic drop in homicides in the first half of the year, a trend that has largely been mirrored nationwide. For a deeper look at the state of violent crime in the U.S ...

Crime is nothing new in Illinois. The state saw 50,103 violent crimes in 2021, according to Neighborhood Scout. In addition, Illinois had 188,005 property crimes that year, coming to a total of ...

Cities underreporting crime to the FBI has interfered with tracking year-over-year crime statistics. However, Illinois's figures between 2023 and 2024, thus far, use the same National Incident ...

Illinois’ violent crimes rate increased 2.6% from 2019 to 2020 compared to the national increase of 5.2%, according to data from 2020 Uniform […] (NEXSTAR) – As gun violence in Chicago continues to ...