December to Date
Shot & Killed: 38
Shot & Wounded: 197
Total Shot: 235
Total Homicides: 40

Christmas Week Totals (Sun – Sat)
Shot & Killed: 12
Shot & Wounded: 54
Total Shot: 68
Total Homicides: 13

Year To Date Totals
Shot & Killed: 386
Shot & Wounded: 2226
Total Shot: 2612
Total Homicides: 454

2014′s Final Weekend of Stupid

The above video sums up the final weekend of 2014 rather nicely (and the year as well).

Final Stupidity Tally: 5 killed, 22 wounded
Last year’s weekend tally: 2 killed, 21 wounded

Friday 12/26
2:00p 200 W Root St, Fuller Park, M/24
2:00p 200 W Root St, Fuller Park, M/24
2:50p 300 E 47th St, Grand Boulevard, M/23
4:25p 9000 S Houston Ave, South Chicago, M/23
8:35p 4900 W Arthington St, Austin, M/27
9:00p Honor Students Brawl at Navy Pier
10:00p 8000 S Muskegon Ave, South Chicago, M/16
10:00p 8000 S Muskegon Ave, South Chicago, M/17
10:10p 500 N Kedzie Ave, Humboldt Park, M/24
11:50p 7500 S Kimbark Ave, South Shore, F/18
Saturday 12/27
1:00a Honor Students Brawl at the Rock n’ Roll McDs
2:10a 7300 S Kenwood Ave, South Shore, M/23
3:30a 2800 W 23rd St, Little Village, M/24
5:00a 5700 N Campbell Ave, West Ridge, M/18
5:15a 5900 S California Ave, Chicago Lawn, M/40
6:00p Honor Students Brawl at Chicago Ridge Mall
8:35p 1500 E 73rd Pl, South Shore, M/25
11:55p 2 CPD coppers Injured in a Crash
Sunday 12/28
12:40a 4400 S Shields Ave, Fuller Park, M/22
12:40a 4400 S Shields Ave, Fuller Park, M/27
1:25a 1300 W Randolph St, Near W. Side, M/35
1:45a 1300 N Washburne Ave, Near W. Side, M/23
2:00a 11200 S Halsted St, Morgan Park, M/23
3:10a 100 E 51th St, Grand Boulevard, M/27
3:10a 100 E 51th St, Grand Boulevard, M/32
5:30a 900 N Lockwood Ave, Austin, M/34
1:00p 2200 E 73rd St, South Shore, M/23
3:40p 5100 S May St, New City, M/24
3:40p 5100 S May St, New City, M/29

3:40p 5100 S May St, New City, M/25
7:30p 9200 S Throop St, Washington Heights, F/56
10:15p Bonus fight at Navy Pier

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Shot Placement

Placement
Killed
Wounded
leg1547
back39210
chest88138
head13389
arm204
abdomen32134
ass1154
thigh1113
foot104
shoulder177
face1562
hand73
ankle46
neck832
side532
other2105
As of 12/26/14

Deadliest ‘hoods

Neighborhood
Homicides
Wounded
Total
Englewood49259308
Austin35174209
Garfield Park33138171
Humboldt Park25107132
South Shore1592107
Auburn Gresham187997
Roseland128193
South Chicago157792
Grand Crossing98291
North Lawndale117586
New City136578
West Pullman77077
Chicago Lawn204666
Washington Heights65965
Chatham184664
All Others162755917
As of 12/26/14

Police-involved Shootings

Year
Killed
Wounded
20141728
20131330
2012849
20112337
20101333
20091942
2009-2012 stats account for CPD incidents only. 2013-2014 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.

Cause of Death

Cause
Homicides
%
Gunshot38685.0%
Stabbing337.3%
Assault163.5%
Auto81.8%
Child Abuse51.1%
Strangulation30.7%
Arson20.5%
Neglect10.2%
As of 12/29/14

Race of Victim/Attacker

Race
Victim
Attacker
Black35099
Hispanic6716
White/Other3112
Police-16
As of 12/29/14
*Victim metrics only include homicides. Attacker metrics only account for those incidents where either an arrest has been made or if it involved the police.

Gender

Gender
Killed
Wounded
Male4091969
Female45257
As of 12/29/14

Gallery (GRAPHIC)

20 year old, Drequan Archie, was shot around 2:25p Wednesday, December 17th near Clyde Avenue and 79th Street.

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Homicide Clearance Rate

Legal Outcome
Homicides
No Suspect Charged297
Suspect Charged127
Police-Involved17
Murder/Suicide7
Self-Defense5
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).

Multi-victim Shootings

# of Victims
# of Incidents
# Killed
7 shot11
6 shot42
5 shot32
4 shot199
Hat Trick7226
2 shot25764
As of 12/1/14

Day of Week

Day
Homicides
Wounded
Total
Sun83439522
Mon66262328
Tue48230278
Wed48269317
Thu49224273
Fri78341419
Sat82461543
As of 12/29/14

Yearly Murder Trend (1957-2013)

Mayor
Term
Homicides
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 Emanuel2011-1,475

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Freq.
CPD Dist.
Main 'hoods
460.1250CW 1Citywide
460.1750CW 2Citywide
460.15001 & 18Loop, Mag Mile, Gold Coast
460.50002 & 21Hyde Park, Grand Boulevard
460.07503Woodlawn, South Shore
460.20004 & 6Auburn Gresham, Chatham
460.02505 & 22Roseland, West Pullman
460.40007 & 8Englewood, Chicago Lawn
460.450012 & 14Near West Side, New City
460.100010 & 11Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, N. Lawndale
460.425015 & 25Austin, Belmot-Cragin
460.050019Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Uptown
460.375020 & 24Edgewater, Rogers Park
Chicago FireCitywide

*Source Data & Editor’s Note

We compile our own dataset using the following sources: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-TimesDNAInfo Chicago, Chicago Redeye Homicide Tracker, NBC5 Chicago, City of Chicago Data Portal and CPD CLEARMAP.

Editor’s note: A homicide, regardless of type, within the city limits of Chicago counts towards our total metric. 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.