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

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 ...

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 ...

Illinois Democrat minimizes violent acts committed by illegal immigrants as just 'a few crimes' Rep. Jesús 'Chuy' Garcia claimed sanctuary city polices improved crime and poverty rates during a ...

Chicago also didn’t make the list but there was limited data available in the 2020 Uniform Crime Reports for areas in Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Alabama. Danville, IL (6th most ...

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 ...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Three dozen people were arrested during a violent crime crackdown last week in St. Clair and Madison counties, the Illinois State Police announced Monday. According to a ...

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 ...

There were 785 violent crimes reported in the metro area in 2020, or 1,050 for every 100,000 people. There also were 13 homicides in Danville in 2020, a murder rate of 17.4 per 100,000.