The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% ...

A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice shows most major crime categories in Chicago are down below pre-pandemic ...

A steep decline in violent crime comes as President Trump amplifies concerns about crime, at times citing misleading ...

Real Violent Crime Trends. By James Agresti. Published October 18, 2024 . Overview. Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, media outlets, and so-called “fact checkers” are claiming that “violent crime is near a 50 ...

Crime is nothing new in Illinois. The state saw 50,103 violent crimes in 2021, according to Neighborhood Scout. In addition, Illinois had 188,005 property crimes that year, coming to a total of ...

Crime scene tape, yellow, with blurred image of police officers in background This story was produced by The Marshall Project, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and ...

(The Center Square) – With crime stories dominating the headlines daily in Illinois, the bipartisan House Public Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force convened Thursday to discuss ways to ...

People living in poverty in Illinois are more likely to become victims of violent crime than high income earners, whether they live in cities, suburbs or rural areas, according to a report ...

While the Justice Department's two reports diverged on recent violent crime trends, both showed an uptick in property crime from 2021 to 2022: The FBI's crime data showed a 7.1% increase in ...