Chicago violent crime trends up as arrests trend down

By Patrick Andriesen

01/29/2025

Chicago residents reported 28,443 violent crimes during 2024. Attacks and threats were both up, with aggravated assaults hitting a 20-year high.

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How many gang crimes occurred in your Chicago neighborhood?

By Patrick Andriesen

01/13/2025

How often did gang crimes happen in your Chicago neighborhood? Here’s what the Chicago Police data shows.

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Violence up 7.2%: robberies, aggravated assaults, batteries hit 5-year highs

By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko

08/29/2024

Chicagoans experienced 7.2% more violent crime between August 2023 and July 204, with cases of robbery, aggravated assault and aggravated battery at five-year highs.

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VIDEO: Chicago prepares for Democratic National Convention. Is it ready?

By Jess Plowman

08/05/2024

The Democratic National Convention is Aug. 19-22 in Chicago. But after a year and a half of planning, the political backdrop of the event is radically different than the one organizers started with and that Chicago leaders promised.

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1 in 3 Chicago violent crimes is a robbery, up 21% in a year

By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko

07/25/2024

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.

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Vallas: 10 things you should know about Chicago crime today

By Paul Vallas

07/18/2024

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.

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Chicago violent crime up 8% through May, spurred by spike in robberies

By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko

06/27/2024

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.

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Black Chicagoans 20X likelier to be homicide victims; arrest rate hits record low

By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko

05/30/2024

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.

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Chicago crime: Assaults up 6.7% past 12 months, more violent

By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko

05/24/2024

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.

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Chicago police officer’s murder underscores carjacking, car theft surge

By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko

05/23/2024

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.

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