1 in 3 Chicago violent crimes is a robbery, up 21% in a year
1 in 3 Chicago violent crimes is a robbery, up 21% in a year
Chicagoans reported 7.6% more violent crime from July 2023 through June 2024.
Residents experienced a 21% increase in robberies during those 12 months, with robberies becoming one-third of all violent crimes.
By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko
Vallas: 10 things you should know about Chicago crime today
Vallas: 10 things you should know about Chicago crime today
Independence Day weekend was bloody in Chicago. City leaders are doing little other than pointing fingers. Here are 10 things Chicagoans should know about the current crime problem.
By Paul Vallas
Chicago violent crime up 8% through May, spurred by spike in robberies
Chicago violent crime up 8% through May, spurred by spike in robberies
Chicagoans reported 7.8% more violent crime from June 2023 through May 2024, led primarily by a spike in robberies. West and South Side residents bore the brunt of the increase as arrest rates continued to decline.
By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko
Former Ald. Ed Burke sentenced to 2 years for racketeering, bribery
Former Ald. Ed Burke sentenced to 2 years for racketeering, bribery
Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, once the longest-serving member of the city council, was sentenced to two years in prison and pay a $2 million fine.
By Dylan Sharkey
Black Chicagoans 20X likelier to be homicide victims; arrest rate hits record low
Black Chicagoans 20X likelier to be homicide victims; arrest rate hits record low
Black Chicagoans were over 20 times more likely to become homicide victims during the past 12 months than their white peers, with 9-in-10 homicides on the South Side and West Side. Hopes of catching killers hit a new low.
By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko
Chicago crime: Assaults up 6.7% past 12 months, more violent
Chicago crime: Assaults up 6.7% past 12 months, more violent
Assaults were up 6.7% for the 12 months ending in April as confrontations became more violent. Black Chicagoans were more than 5 times more likely to be assault victims than their white counterparts.
By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko
Vallas: It’s time for a Chicago nuisance ordinance
Vallas: It’s time for a Chicago nuisance ordinance
Whether college protest encampments or political convention agitators, Chicago needs a way to penalize the few who disrupt life for the rest of us. A nuisance ordinance would do that.
By Paul Vallas
Chicago police officer’s murder underscores carjacking, car theft surge
Chicago police officer’s murder underscores carjacking, car theft surge
Chicagoans reported 2,619 fewer vehicle thefts during the first four months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, but cases remain more than double what they were just a few years ago as arrests remain low. One carjacking took a police officer’s life.
By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko
Vallas: Mayor Johnson’s 1st year delivers the mayhem he promised
Vallas: Mayor Johnson’s 1st year delivers the mayhem he promised
Mayor Brandon Johnson hits the one-year mark May 15, showing voters he is exactly who he said he was. That’s turning out to be bad for Chicago. Here’s how.
By Paul Vallas
Red-light cameras take another $500M from Illinois drivers in 5 years
Red-light cameras take another $500M from Illinois drivers in 5 years
Local governments generated $500 million from red-light camera tickets since 2019, with Chicago alone collecting $223.8 million. Total since 2008: $1.56 billion.
By Patrick Andriesen