Leaders from various groups helping disrupt crime met to discuss what has been going on this summer in Chicago, and how to ...

Officials in Manhattan and Chicago touted sharp drops in homicides in the first six months of 2025, compared to the same period last year.

Leaders say the expansion will help them meet ambitious goals of reducing shootings, even as President Donald Trump pulls ...

The July Fourth weekend gave Chicagoans some reason for encouragement on violent crime. And some reason for despair.

A violent Independence Day weekend has Chicagoans worried about violent crime, but it was a spike and not a trend. Crime is ...

The city of Chicago saw a historic drop in homicides in the first half of the year, a trend that has largely been mirrored ...

Fourteen people were injured and four were killed in a drive-by shooting outside a lounge in Chicago's River North ...

The murder rate was up 3% in 2021 compared with 2020 and criminal sexual assault was up a disturbing 27%, according to crime statistics. Compared to pre-pandemic and pre-Black Lives Matter 2019 ...

The mayor praised Chicago police commanders for effectively deploying resources, as well as community violence intervention ...

The rate of violent crime on CTA trains began to drop this year for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic emptied public transit of many riders, but it remains near the highest levels seen in ...

With a population of almost 1.1 million, Sub-Chicago would itself be one of America’s largest cities, and, with a homicide rate of 51.2—almost double Chicago’s 2016 citywide rate—it would be in the ...

Chicago's sex crime conviction rate among worst of major U.S. cities A months-long investigation by NBC 5 Investigates and Telemundo Chicago Investiga found just 1.5 percent of reported sex crimes ...