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

Seeking to identify long-term shifts in how the criminal justice system operates in Cook County, Loyola University ...

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

Why is Chicago violence plummeting? Some credit street outreach workers. A reporter rides along to get an up-close look at the violence intervention work that aims to prevent retaliation in the ...

A mass shooting in River North Wednesday night ripped off a scab on Chicago’s violence that was just beginning to form.

Chicago police are leveraging additional tools and staffing resources inside of a high-tech CTA support center to fight crime ...

Major cities across the country, including New York and Los Angeles, have seen significant dips in violent crime since the ...

Chicago’s gun violence proved unrelenting in 2021, as the fear and unease many neighborhoods have long felt spread into wealthier, traditionally safer parts of the city.

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

(TNND) — At least 6 were dead and 55 were shot over the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago. The violence, reported by ABC7, ...

Chicago police are using new tactics in Streeterville to help prevent violence during expected downtown "teen takeovers" and control large gatherings.

It’s the first time since 2014 that fewer than 200 killings were recorded in Chicago between January and June, data shows.