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 ...

Chicago’s homicide victims in 2025 are often young, Black and male. Most homicide victims in Chicago died as the result of gunshot wounds. Sources: City of Chicago; Tribune reporting and archives ...

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 ...

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.

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.