Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...

Officials in Manhattan and Chicago touted sharp drops in homicides in the first six months of 2025, compared to the same ...

After chipping away at a persistently low homicide clearance rate, the number of murders solved by Chicago police has dropped in 2020, department officials said Monday. The drop — from 50.3% ...

CHICAGO — Chicago’s homicide rate was the most of any city in the United States during 2021 and was the most in the Second City in a quarter-century. >> Read more trending news.

Chicago’s murder rate is high, and it has risen significantly in the last two years. But the recent rate of killings is not unprecedented: During the mid-1990s, ...

After years of reeling from violent crime and homicide epidemic in Chicago, murders in the city fell by about 100 in 2018, while the figure still remains higher than the number of homicides in Los ...

Cities such as Champaign, Rockford and Peoria have seen homicide rates per 100,000 residents surge in recent years, close to or surpassing Chicago’s levels.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police have released updated numbers on crime. The department said that in 2023 officers solved a higher percentage of murders across the city. The homicide clearance rate ...

56 1% of homicide cases were cleared last year, but only 23% results resulted in an arrest. Gun violence advocates say discrepancies in reporting and poor communication with victims is leaving ...