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Jun 21, 2017 · Chicago has a reputation as one of America's most violent cities. 2016 was the worst year for homicides in nearly two decades in the Windy City with 762 murders, 3,550 shooting incidents...
Jun 16, 2021 · A recent New York Times quiz revealed some common misperceptions about crime trends, the most widely held of which involved Chicago. Readers were asked to rank Chicago nationally in murder...
Jan 3, 2022 · Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods were more dangerous than ever in 2021. Though the rise in murders slowed from 2020, last year was the deadliest since the mid-1990s. Mayor Lightfoot and her City Council critics are at odds over what to do. By Andy Grimm and Tom Schuba. Jan 3, 2022, 3:00am PDT.
The good news: Year-to-date, homicides have decreased 12%, and shootings are down 14% percent. Driving the decrease is a decline in homicide victimizations between ages 20 and 29, and we’ve observed this downward trend for the past few years. There is still much work to do ahead:
Sep 22, 2014 · The YouGov poll, published last week, found that Chicago is the only city that a majority of respondents believe to be unsafe, with 53 percent identifying it as dangerous. The next most dangerous major cities, according to respondents, are New York City, Los Angeles, D.C. and Miami.
Jan 18, 2017 · A December report by the Brennan Center for Justice, a left-leaning think tank, found that Chicago single-handedly accounted for nearly half of the 14 percent increase in homicides observed in the nation’s 30 largest cities. Ninety-one percent of the city’s killings were committed with a firearm.
Oct 24, 2022 · The North Side is as safe as it's been in a generation, with a homicide rate that has declined steadily throughout this century, barely ticking up during the especially violent years of 2016 and...