Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.

Crime in Chicago had already declined dramatically before any federal deployment occurred. The reductions extended beyond ...

City officials and their nonprofit partners point to programs and tactics, but much of what’s happening is outside of their ...

Defending Chicago in a recent Fox News interview, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said it was “not in the top 30” of “big cities” with the highest rates of murder. But in 2024, Chicago had the 15th highest ...

President Donald Trump has threatened for weeks to send National Guard troops to Chicago, claiming crime has transformed the city into a "killing field." However, Chicago Police data shows violent ...

Fox News anchor Bret Baier confronted Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., over Chicago’s murder rate on Wednesday. During an exclusive Fox News Channel interview, Baier and Pritzker clashed over the murder rate ...

Vice President JD Vance slammed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday, saying he should "suffer some consequences" for his handling of Chicago’s high crime rate. "I think that Governor Pritzker has ...

President Donald Trump has been declaring Chicago "the most dangerous city in the world" for months, but the data doesn't back up those claims, especially when put in context. Mr. Trump said again ...

It should be obvious by now that President Donald Trump’s deliberately aggressive incursions into blue cities are not about curbing crime, but about exercising raw power. Militarizing Immigration and ...

A recent survey from security company SafeWise pegs Chicago as the No. 1 metropolitan area for parcel theft, based on the ...