July to Date
Shot & Killed: 14
Shot & Wounded: 74
Total Shot: 88
Total Homicides: 16

Last Week: 6/30 – 7/5 (vs WoW)
Shot & Killed: 14 (+75%)
Shot & Wounded: 72 (+60%)
Total Shot: 86 (+62%)
Total Homicides: 17 (+55%)

Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 180
Shot & Wounded: 751
Total Shot: 931
Total Homicides: 215

Shitshow of the Year

Marilyn MonroeMany years ago, this weekend was a lock for the most violent of the year. However, when the wheels came off in late May of 2020, it was relegated to just another lead-filled, mostly peaceful, often violent weekend of silly decisions with an extra day or two thrown in to pad the stats. Given the relative slowdown since February it’s likely this weekend will once again become tops for the year.

4:30a Demonized Tally: 9 killed, 44 wounded
2024 weekend tally: 23 killed, 86 wounded
2023 weekend tally: 13 killed, 65 wounded
2022 weekend tally: 15 killed, 65 wounded
2021 weekend tally: 23 killed, 90 wounded
2020 weekend tally: 21 killed, 71 wounded
2019 weekend tally: 7 killed, 69 wounded
2018 weekend tally: 10 killed, 42 wounded
2017 weekend tally: 15 killed, 89 wounded
2016 weekend tally: 6 killed, 62 wounded
2015 weekend tally: 11 killed, 55 wounded
Average tally: 14 killed, 69 wounded

Thursday 7/3
12:55p 1600 W 59th, Englewood, M/35
12:55p 1600 W 59th, Englewood, M/40
12:55p 1600 W 59th, Englewood, M/50
12:55p 1600 W 59th, Englewood, M/51
1:20p 9900 S Bensley, South Deering, M/21
2:55p 7800 S May, Auburn Gresham, M/34
5:00p 300 E Kensington, West Pullman, M/49
8:20p 300 E 117th, West Pullman, M/40
8:50p 100 N Hamlin, Garfield Park, M/36
9:30p 11900 S Wallace, Englewood, M/33
Independence Day
12:05a 3400 W Cermak, Little Village, M/47
1:55a 9700 S Havard, Roseland, M/20
2:00a 3400 W 62nd, Chicago Lawn, M/52
Horror: Mom killed 4-year-old son, stabbed siblings, then set their house on fire
9:10a 3600 W Palmer, Logan Square, M/4
5:45p 300 N Cicero, Austin, M/31
8:20p 5900 S Justine, Englewood, M/34
9:55p 1300 N Springfield, Humboldt Park, F/33
10:30p 6400 S Yale, Englewood, M/38
10:35p 7600 S Bishop, Auburn Gresham, M/25
10:55p 1200 E 83rd, Avalon Park, F/16

10:55p 1200 E 83rd, Avalon Park, M/35
11:00p 8500 S Rhodes, Chatham, F/38
11:10p 4800 S Justine, New City, F/21
11:10p 4800 S Justine, New City, F/27
11:10p 4800 S Justine, New City, F/25
11:10p 4800 S Justine, New City, F/25
11:10p 4800 S Justine, New City, M/21
11:10p 4800 S Justine, New City, M/29
11:10p 4800 S Justine, New City, M/42
11:30p 6800 S Calumet, Grand Crossing, F/41
11:55p 6400 S Winchester, Englewood, M/36
Saturday 7/5
12:00a 6000 S Ashland, Englewood, M/37
1:30a 5900 S Damen, Englewood, M/21
1:45a 2700 S California, Little Village, M/25
1:45a 2700 S California, Little Village, M/26
1:45a 2700 S California, Little Village, M/32
1:45a 2700 S California, Little Village, M/33
4:10a 1500 W 71st, Englewood, M/18
4:10a 1500 W 71st, Englewood, M/19
4:55a 1000 N Lavergne, Austin, M/30
Gunman kills driver on Near North Side, crashes getaway car in the Loop
9:50a 800 N Cambridge, Near North Side, M/46
10:10p 2600 S Central Park, Little Village, M/47
10:25p 100 W Lake, Loop, M/56
11:00p 2300 S Whipple, Little Village, M/19
11:45p 9400 S Union, Washington Heights, F/43
Sunday 7/6
12:20a 700 E 60th, Woodlawn, M/41
1:40a 4100 W Carroll, Garfield Park, M/26
3:00a 5300 S Kedzie, Gage Park, M/33
4:55p 9600 S Brennan, South Deering, M/19
7:25p 3800 W 30th, Little Village, M/19
10:30p 5200 W Ferdinand, Austin, M/25
10:30p 5200 W Ferdinand, Austin, M/27
10:30p 100 N Lorel, Austin, M/25
Don’t Demonize Monday
Possibly cancelled, however, next/final update not until Monday evening

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Weekend = 12p Thursday – 6a Monday
Temporal Note: Different years have different time frames depending on what day the 4th fell on. 2014-2016, 2020-2022 & 2025 all ran for 3.75 days, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023 & 2024 are 4.75 days and 2018 was a marathon 5.75 days because the 4th fell on a Wednesday.


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2025 Shot Placement | Chalkie | Chicago

2025 Shot Placement

PlacementKilledWounded
head4633
chest4141
back1354
face916
abdomen838
neck612
leg3156
other/unknown39326
As of 6/30/25
Chicago Murder and Homicide Map | 2025

2025 Homicide Map

N'hoodHomicidesWounded
Austin2358
Englewood857
Garfield Park855
North Lawndale1438
South Shore1132
Auburn Gresham830
Humboldt Park1024
Near West Side924
Roseland1122
Chatham326
Grand Crossing1316
South Chicago620
New City321
West Pullman614
Woodlawn315
All Others62224
As of 6/30/25
Chicago Homicide and Murder Trend | 2025

2025 Homicide Trend

YearHomicidesWounded
20243671,469
20233901,466
20224051,669
20214782,116
20204631,901
20193051,306
20183381,433
20174251,813
20164142,050
20152831,358

Previous year data is reflective of July’s end totals.

Chicago total shot count | 2025

2025 Total Shot Trend

YearKilledWoundedTotalFR%
2025166 678 844 19.7%
2024284 1,189 1,473 19.3%
2023301 1,166 1,467 20.5%
2022304 1,290 1,594 19.1%
2021343 1,602 1,945 17.6%
2020326 1,425 1,751 18.6%
2019234 1,020 1,254 18.7%
As of 6/30/25
All years counted through date shown at the bottom of the table. Fatality rate (FR%) is total people fatally shot / total people shot.

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Brandon's Bodies 2024

Brandon’s Bodies

DateKilledWoundedFR%
9/23 - 6/27222645.8%

In conjunction with CWB Chicago’s “Brandon’s Bodies” series, the above illustrates Mayor Brandon Johnson’s decision to terminate the City’s relationship with ShotSpotter. Fatality rate (FR%) is total people fatally shot / total people shot.

Chicago Gender of Homicide Victim

2025 Gender of Victim

GenderKilledWounded
Male172571
Female29113
As of 7/2/25
Chicago Race of Homicide Murder Victim | 2025

2025 Race of Victim/Assailant

RaceVictimAssailant
Black15028
Hispanic385
White/Other111
As of 7/2/25
Chicago Cause of Death Homicide Murder | 2025

2025 Cause of Death

CauseHomicides%
Gunshot16883.6%
Stabbing189.0%
Trauma105.0%
Auto21.0%
Child Abuse21.0%
Maternal Death10.5%
As of 7/2/25

Help Support Spot News

Spot NewsOur colleague, @SPOTNEWSonIG, needs our support. He’s currently facing significant health issues that require ongoing care for the next 3-5 months. This fundraiser aims to help cover essential transportation and parking costs, allowing him to focus on his recovery without added financial stress. Let’s show our appreciation for his dedication by helping him through this challenging time.

Chicago police involved shootings | 2025

2025 Police-involved Shootings

YearKilledWounded
202556
Previous Year Totals
202436
202355
2022221
2021913
2020713
201966
2018615
20171112
20161114
2015916
20141728
20131330
2012849
20112337
20101333
20091942
CPD Shot11

2009-2012 stats account for on duty CPD incidents only. 2013-2025 may include other police forces within Chicago, such as the Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriff, various 3 lettered state/federal agencies, suburban departments or university police forces. On-duty as well as off-duty incidents are included. Historical data pulled from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

Chicago Self Defense shootings and homicides| 2025

2025 Self Defense

YearKilledWounded
202535
Previous Year Totals
2024819
2023815
2022916
202157
2020119
201969
2018414
2017138
20161210
201553
As of 6/10/25

Stats do NOT include on/off-duty police or other law enforcement and are not limited to firearm related incidents; fatal stabbings are also included. Previous years’ stats reflect totals for entire year.

Substack, IG, X & Others

After Two Years | Chicago MayorsWe’ve set up a Substack channel where we’ll be posting longer form content that doesn’t necessarily work on the site. Subscribe if you like, or not. We spend most of our social media capital on Twitter/X, however we’ve been more active on Instagram of late and are close to becoming influencers, but only if influencer means having no influence. We’ve also set up a TikTok account so that we can participate in the banning. Plus we have a toehold on a number of smaller, alternative social media platforms to be used primarily as “just-in-case” backups: Odysee, Rumble, Minds and GETTR.

Chicago age of shooting and homicide victims

2025 Age of Victim

CohortKilledWounded
Kids (0-12)46
Teens (13-17)1063
Young Adults (18-35)91294
Middle Aged (36-54)43130
AARP (55+)1623
Unknown-28
As of 6/1/25
Chicago Multi-victim or mass shootings

2025 Mass Shootings

VictimsIncidentsKilled
18 shot14
7 shot2-
5 shot2-
4 shot4-
Hat Trick2113
2 shot6327
As of 7/5/25
Note: The Chicago Police Department defines a mass shooting as three or more shooting victims (non-fatal and fatal) per incident. This definition is based on the Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012, signed into law in January 2013.

Chicago Homicides by Year, 1957 - 2019

Homicide Trend (1957-2024)

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 Emanuel2011-20194,535
Lori Lightfoot2019-20232,945
Brandon Johnson2023-4/251,163
Note: Lightfoot’s tally is 12p, May 20, 2019 – 11:59a, May 15, 2023. Brandon Johnson’s tally started at 12p, May 15, 2023.

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*Source Data & Editor’s Note

We compile our own dataset using the following sources: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Homicide Watch Chicago (no longer updated), DNAInfo Chicago (out of business), Chicago Redeye Homicide Tracker (long gone), NBC5 Chicago, Chicago Tribune’s Shooting Tracker (no longer updated) & Homicide Tracker (declared dead), Sun-Times Homicide Tracker, Cook County Medical Examiner, CPD’s Historical Data Set, City of Chicago Data Portal, Chicago Police Department Arrest Record Search, CPD CLEARMAP, Various CPD Dashboards, ISP Expressway Shooting Dashboard, CPD’s Media Major Incident Notifications and the needlessly woke Chicago Violence Reduction Dashboard.

Community areas and neighborhoods are determined by Crimeisdown.com’s most excellent Incident Map or 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.

All statistics, metrics, charts, graphs and other visualizations are preliminary based on the data available at the time. All incidents are subject to further analysis or change.