A Chicago man is charged with murder after a deadly stabbing at a CTA station in the Loop as transit safety faces growing scrutiny.

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

As overall crime continued to drop in Chicago in 2025, the city ended the year with the fewest homicides in 60 years. Preliminary crime data from the Chicago Police Department showed the number of ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson held a roundtable discussion Wednesday morning with leaders within the Chicago Police Department and violence prevention partners.

How the Chicago Police Department deploys its more than 11,000 officers shapes response times and efforts to reduce violent crime.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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