We are seeing big declines in crime across the country, suggesting that what’s going on may not be due to anything unique that Chicago’s doing.

Chicago has made significant strides in crime reduction in recent years, and these five suburbs of the Windy City are ...

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 ...

It was four years ago in May that Darren Bailey declared Chicago a “crime-ridden, corrupt, dysfunctional hellhole” as he and ...

Chicago police cleared 71.2% of homicides in 2025, a 13-year high, according to new data released by the city’s Office of ...

Gun violence saw a steep drop from 2024. There were 2,274 shooting incidents in 2024, compared to 1,471 in 2025. There were 2,797 shooting victims in 2024 and 1,847 victims in 2025. There were 587 ...

Overall crime continued to drop as the number of murders in Chicago decreased from 587 in 2024 to 416 last year, when scores ...

Chicago saw a 13% drop in overall crime in 2025, with shootings down by more than a third and homicides down 30%, as discussed at a roundtable discussion between Mayor Brandon Johnson, the Chicago ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Chicago’s struggles around public safety were the subject of many Chicago Tribune editorials in 2025. As part of our annual look back at the editorials of ...

Using data from 2025, studies show that some of Illinois' safest places are found in these Chicago suburbs with low crime rates and easy access to downtown.

Even cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains.