January to Date
Shot & Killed: 4
Shot & Wounded: 35
Total Shot: 39
Total Homicides: 4

Final December Totals
Shot & Killed: 53
Shot & Wounded: 242
Total Shot: 295
Total Homicides: 58

Preliminary 2016 Totals
Shot & Killed: 713
Shot & Wounded: 3665
Total Shot: 4378
Total Homicides: 795

New Year’s Stupidity

New Year's  DrunkWhile the 800 homicide gorilla was denied entry into 2016’s frunchroom by the time the clock struck midnight, the year’s final tally will most likely exceed the 800 level soon due to late passings, reclassified death investigations and found bodies. Have yourself a safe and prosperous new year.

Final Stupidity Tally: 9 killed, 51 wounded
2015 weekend tally*: 4 killed, 40 wounded

Friday 12/30
12:25p 4800 W Ferdinand, Austin, M/19
1:55p 8200 S Ingleside, Chatham, M/?
(ccw)
1:55p 8200 S Ingleside, Chatham, M/23
4:30p 4700 S Throop, New City, M/25
5:30p 100 N Long, Austin, M/22
7:30p 700 W 73rd, Englewood, M/33
9:50p 8100 S Bishop, Auburn Gresham, M/?
New Year’s Eve
3:05a 5600 S Albany, Gage Park, M/35
3:15a 2200 N Latrobe, Belmont Cragin, M/22
3:15a 2200 N Latrobe, Belmont Cragin, M/37
12:30p 4800 W Chicago, Austin, M/22
1:00p 5600 W Corcoran, Austin, M/15
1:55p 4000 W 21st, North Lawndale, M/32
2:00p 9300 S Wentworth, Roseland, F/52
3:50p 4400 S Marshfield, New City, M/22
3:50p 4400 S Marshfield, New City, M/27
5:30p 4300 S Wolcott, New City, M/32
6:20p 3700 S Wabash, Douglas, M/38
9:15p 7200 S Coles, South Shore, M/19
11:20p 900 N Karlov, Humboldt Park, F/21
11:20p 900 N Karlov, Humboldt Park, M/25
New Year’s Day
1:05a 5500 W Drummond, Belmont Cragin, M/19
1:05a 5500 W Drummond, Belmont Cragin, M/21
1:40a 2300 W Jackson, Near West Side, M/23
2:00a 4400 S Indiana, Grand Boulevard, M/20
2:00a 4400 S Indiana, Grand Boulevard, F/31
2:00a 4400 S Indiana, Grand Boulevard, M/33
2:15a 200 W Pershing, Armour Square, M/22
2:15a 9500 S State, Roseland, F/29
2:20a 200 W 71st, Englewood, F/26
2:30a 9200 S Parnell, Washington Heights, M/24
2:30a 12000 S State, West Pullman, M/?
3:45a 11200 S Longwood, Morgan Park, M/19
3:45a 11200 S Longwood, Morgan Park, M/20
3:45a 11200 S Longwood, Morgan Park, M/21
3:55a 200 W 63rd, Englewood, M/26
4:30a 4600 N Broadway, Uptown, M/31
4:30a 4600 N Broadway, Uptown, M/38
(story)
5:30a 4800 S Racine, New City, M/52
5:55a 4600 W Monroe, Austin, M/39
11:15a 5100 W North, Austin, M/27
12:05p 9900 S Halsted, Washington Heights, M/15
1:40p 5300 S Fairfield, Gage Park, M/17
3:50p 13000 S Indiana, West Pullman, M/31
7:30p 100 N Wolcott, Near West Side, M/16
9:40p 4122 W 15th, North Lawndale, F/48
10:55p 5100 W Madison, Austin, M/26
10:55p 5100 W Madison, Austin, M/31
10:55p 5100 W Madison, Austin, M/19
New Year’s Day Observed
1:40a 2500 W 55th, Gage Park, F/21
1:40a 2500 W 55th, Gage Park, M/26
9:15a 2500 N Lowell, Hermosa, M/39 (story)
9:30a 300 S Homan, Garfield Park, M/20
3:15p 1700 N Lorel, Austin, M/24
4:00p 5100 W Hirsch, Austin, M/21
4:35p 3700 W 13th, North Lawndale, M/16
9:35p 2100 W 64th, Englewood, M/22
10:20p 7000 S Harper, South Shore, M/25
10:25p 4400 S Ogden, North Lawndale, M/32
Tuesday Overtime
12:25a 1700 N Lorel, Austin, M/15

Key:
shooting
homicide
police involved
Weekend = 12p Friday – 6a Tuesday
*Weekend = 12p Thursday – 6a Monday

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2016 Monthly Trend

 HomicidesWounded
Jan57246
Feb46156
Mar49282
Apr40274
May68340
Jun74374
Jul74382
Aug98398
Sep68301
Oct81347
Nov82323
Dec58242

2016 Deadliest ‘hoods

NeighborhoodHomicidesWoundedTotal
Austin92445537
Englewood85356441
Garfield Park57327384
North Lawndale34243277
Humboldt Park28168196
New City43137180
Roseland32147179
Auburn Gresham31140171
Grand Crossing33127160
South Shore24104128
Chicago Lawn2097117
Little Village1787104
West Pullman1094104
South Chicago187391
Chatham196887
All Others25110391290
As of 1/1/17

2016 Shot Placement

PlacementKilledWounded
head266133
chest175197
back69371
abdomen46236
neck2679
face1991
side1970
shoulder6166
other152189
As of 1/1/17

2016 Police-involved Shootings

YearKilledWounded
20161114
2015916
20141728
20131330
2012849
20112337
20101333
20091942
2016 POs-9
2009-2012 stats account for CPD incidents only. 2013-2016 may include other police forces within Chicago, such as the Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriff or various 3 lettered federal agencies. Historical data pulled from Independent Police Review Authority.

2016 Cause of Death

CauseHomicides%
Gunshot71390.0%
Stabbing435.5%
Arson101.3%
Trauma91.0%
Child Abuse/Neglect80.9%
Assault60.8%
Auto30.4%
Premature Birth10.1%
As of 1/1/17

2016 Race of Victim/Assailant

RaceVictimAssailant
Black611100
Hispanic13030
White/Other405
Police-11
Self Defense-9
Unknown6632
As of 12/28/16

*Victim metrics only include homicides. Assailant metrics only account for those incidents where either an arrest has been made, part of a murder/suicide, self defense or if it involved the police.

2016 Gender of Victim

GenderKilledWounded
Male7303,287
Female65378
Unknown--
As of 1/1/17

2016 Total Shot

 201420152016YoY %
Jan103149299+100%
Feb7275189+152%
Mar120209329+57.4%
Apr263236310+31.3%
May269322403+25.2%
June280293442+50.8%
July322321448+39.5%
Aug296358481+34.3%
Sept247362364+0.6%
Oct245235421+81.4%
Nov160197400+103%
Dec241252295+17.0%
As of 1/1/17

Shot-Since-Actions-O-Meter

KilledWoundedTotal
6553,3903,405
As of 12/1/16

2016 Homicide Clearance Rate

Legal OutcomeHomicides
No Suspect Charged626
Suspect Charged138
Police-Involved11
Self-Defense11
Murder/Suicide6
The clearance rate is a calculation of Total Homicide Suspects Charged/(Total Homicides – Police involved – Self Defense – Murder/Suicides). Regardless of how many people are charged in relation to a single homicide, it’s only counted as one suspect for calculation purposes. The rate has nothing to do with criminal proceedings and convictions (or lack thereof).

2016 Multi-victim Shootings

# of Victims# of Incidents# Killed
7 shot23
6 shot11
5 shot1212
4 shot2510
Hat Trick9834
2 shot459141
As of 1/1/17

2016 Cost of Stupidity

*Costs assume the following:

  • $55,000: Average gunshot victim ER and hospital expenses.
  • $1000: Average CFD ambulance ride, only applicable to 80% of victims, rest self-transport.
  • $800: Homicide-related autopsies.
  • Doesn’t include hospice care or ongoing rehabilitation.

Cost estimates provided by Chicago Killings Cost $2.5 Billion.

Yearly Murder Trend (1957-2015)

MayorTermHomicides
Richard J. Daley1955-197610,910
Michael Bilandic1976-19792,408
Jane Byrne1979-19833,202
Harold Washington1983-19873,295
Eugene Sawyer1987-1989978
Richard M. Daley1989-201114,653
Rahm Emanuel2011-2,208

Police Scanner Frequencies

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Freq.CPD Dist.Main 'hoods
460.125CW 1Citywide
460.175CW 2 & 6Citywide
460.1501 & 18Loop, Mag Mile, Gold Coast
460.5002 & 21Hyde Park, Grand Boulevard
460.0753Woodlawn, South Shore
460.2004 & 6Auburn Gresham, Chatham
460.0255 & 22Roseland, West Pullman
460.4007 & 8Englewood, Chicago Lawn
460.45012 & 14Near West Side, New City
460.10010 & 11Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, N. Lawndale
460.42515 & 25Austin, Belmont-Cragin
460.05019Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Uptown
460.37520 & 24Edgewater, Rogers Park
Chicago FireCitywide

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*Source Data & Editor’s Note

We compile our own dataset using the following sources: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-TimesHomicide Watch Chicago, DNAInfo Chicago, Chicago Redeye Homicide Tracker (no longer updated), NBC5 Chicago, Chicago Tribune’s Shooting Tracker & Homicide Tracker, CPD’s Historical Data Set, City of Chicago Data Portal and CPD CLEARMAP.

Community areas and neighborhoods are determined by the Chicago Tribune’s Boundaries App.

Editor’s note: All murders are homicides, but not all homicides are murders. We count homicides, whereas the CPD counts murders. A homicide, or a non-fatal shooting, regardless of type or by whom, within the city limits of Chicago counts towards our total metric, including anything on the expressways. CPD-involved, ISP-involved and justifiable homicides all count. Reckless homicides may count if the Medical Examiner rules that the cause of death was a homicide. Suicides do not count. Additional definitions can be found on the Glossary page.