Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...

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 ...

SiriusXM host Stephen A. Smith told Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on “Straight Shooter” Wednesday that the many years of bloodshed in Chicago have been disconcerting to him. Chicago murder ...

A heavily criticized months-long federal law enforcement operation in Chicago has caused a decrease in crime and resulted in the removal of criminal illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland ...

We tend to imagine crime as a big city problem. Shootings in Chicago, gang violence in Los Angeles, robberies in New York.The ...

On a mild spring night in Chicago, a woman told her 18-year-old boyfriend she wanted money for a barbecue. He rounded up three teenage friends, each with a long criminal record, and, according to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A suspect has now been arrested and charged after allegedly shooting and killing a man before dismembering him and setting a house on fire earlier this year on the city's West Side.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has now been arrested and charged in the death of a two-month-old boy earlier this year, Chicago police said. Anthony Evans, 23 of Chicago, is charged with murder in the death ...