In Illinois, the list includes first-degree murder or other violent crimes, mostly when they’re committed against people under age 18.

For the 2024 election season, we've updated this reporting to cover the latest changes — and debates — around crime stats. Two key crime reports released by the Justice Department this fall reveal a ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Violent crime in Chicago is down significantly in the first half of the year, representing the steepest decline in more than a decade, according to Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says that violent criminals who are undocumented should be deported, and that he would meet with the Trump administration.

Violent crime in Chicago plummets in first half of 2025, mayor says by: Julian Crews, Alonzo Small Posted: Jul 1, 2025 / 05:42 PM CDT Updated: Jul 1, 2025 / 05:42 PM CDT ...

Enacted in 1973 by the Illinois General Assembly, the Crime Victim Compensation Act was created to reduce the financial burden on victims of violent crime and their families. The expenses covered ...

But the Illinois Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights received overwhelming support from voters in a November 2014 referendum. Illinois became the country’s second Marsy’s Law state in 2015, when ...

Chicago's overall violent crime rate was 402.66 violent crimes per 100,000 people from January to June of 2015, according to my math (the FBI only included totals in their report, so I had to make ...

Local officials in California, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma have pushed for new measures against violent crime. And officials in New York and Philadelphia have faced criticism for ...