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For many people affected by gun violence, finding justice is an important step toward healing.

The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics.

The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics. Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which ...

Sub-Chicago and America’s Real Crime Rate - Neighborhood, not citywide, crime data shows how deadly some portions of American cities have become.

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death ...

The Blue Line killings highlighted the challenges of tackling violent crime rates on the sprawling transit system.

Following a two-year increase during the pandemic and a worldwide uproar over police accountability, Chicago’s homicide rate began to fall in 2022. Homicide and nonfatal gunshot rates declined ...

The number of murders, shootings, and carjackings continued to decline, according to the latest crime statistics released by the Chicago Police Department.