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 ...

When we talk about making Chicago’s streets safer, clearance rates are often left out of the conversation. As my organization Live Free Illinois explored in 2023 and 2024 reports, improving clearance ...

If you’ve got questions about burglaries on your block, crime trends across the city or whether police are solving cases, a new website has the answer. Chicago’s Inspector General launched a new data ...

Even as community investment is working to reduce crime in Chicago, some want to return to the failed “lock 'em up” policies ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Chicago just achieved a 29% decline in homicides in 2025 ...

On Thursday morning, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson met with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to talk about what the federal government can do to help address violence in the city, ...