Chicago saw eight homicides in the first six days of 2025, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Six shooting deaths on the South and West sides, a fatal stabbing in Little Village and a vehicular homicide in Chicago Lawn.

The organization UCAN Chicago​ aunched REACH 21—a program with a goal of helping kids through mentorship, education, ...

Our city can celebrate the decline in violence, but Chicago risks sliding backward without support for successful violence ...

In a case indicative of the justice system’s slowly changing attitudes toward domestic violence, a Cook County judge on Monday reduced the sentence for a Chicago woman who said she shot and ...

Last month, two Chicagoans and a Rockford-area man were killed while visiting family in Mexico. The son of one Chicago man ...

Use the table below to look up how the number of gang crimes reported in your neighborhood compared to the rest of the city.

A new study used acoustic sensors that detect the sound of gunfire to show how often children in one Chicago neighborhood are ...

Violence Interrupters Executive Director Tio Hardiman is demanding top city officials do more to keep riders safe.

Illinois state law already allows anyone seeking an order of protection to seek a "firearm remedy" which would allow police to remove guns from an alleged abuser's home. Karina's Bill would close a ...

Chicago saw eight homicides in the first six days of 2025, and another 28 people suffered nonfatal gunshot wounds.

with the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Some violence prevention groups believe their work on the ground is helping make a difference. "We all want to reduce the violence. We all want to see our ...