According to data from the Chicago Police Department, the number of murders in the city has also dropped by nearly 30 percent ...

In 2025, Chicago had the fewest murders recorded since 1965, according to preliminary Chicago police data released Thursday.

As overall crime continued to drop in Chicago in 2025, the city ended the year with the fewest homicides in 60 years.

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- New data from Chicago police shows shootings, shooting victims, and murders are continuing their downward trend. An analysis by the ABC 7 Data team finds that the number of shooting ...

CHICAGO — With one month left in the year, Chicago is on track to have the lowest number of annual murders in more than a decade. Newly released crime numbers show 390 people were murdered through the ...

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Inside a nondescript, boxy building in a Chicago suburb, the heat was rising. This wasn’t just an unusual issue for a chilly fall day in Illinois. It was also a problem for global markets. The ...