March to Date
Shot & Killed: 16
Shot & Wounded: 76
Total Shot: 92
Total Homicides: 18

Week in Progress (3/12 – 3/18)
Shot & Killed: 5
Shot & Wounded: 7
Total Shot: 12
Total Homicides: 5

Year to Date
Shot & Killed: 114
Shot & Wounded: 501
Total Shot: 615
Total Homicides: 122

St. Patrick’s Stupidity

Drunk GirlHere we go again, vomit and fists up north, lead to the west and south. As always, CWBChicago will have the complete rundown of the weekend’s o’vent.

Final Stupidity Tally: 8 killed, 16 wounded
2016 weekend tally: 5 killed, 26 wounded
2015 weekend tally: 6 killed, 28 wounded
2014 weekend tally: 3 killed, 6 wounded

Friday 3/10
12:05p 6700 S Chappel, South Shore, M/22
4:25p Somewhere over by der, M/29
7:35p 2200 W 21st, Lower West Side, M/25
9:40p 11600 S Yale, West Pullman, M/43
10:05p 5000 W Gladys, Austin, M/24
Saturday 3/11
5:45a 500 E 75th, Grand Crossing, M/34
5:45a 500 E 75th, Grand Crossing, F/34
1:00p 7000 S Wabash, Grand Crossing, M/20
2:40p 1400 S Homan, North Lawndale, M/24
2:40p 1400 S Homan, North Lawndale, M/25
3:00p 3400 W McLean, Logan Square, F/17
3:00p 3400 W McLean, Logan Square, M/22
6:00p 900 N Karlov, Humboldt Park, M/17
9:00p 5500 S State, Washington Park, M/41
10:35p 9500 S State, Roseland, M/36
Sunday 3/12
12:30a 6300 N Broadway, Edgewater, M/28
12:30a 6300 N Broadway, Edgewater, M/22

12:30a 6300 N Broadway, Edgewater, M/32
4:45a 1200 S Springfield, North Lawndale, M/21
7:00p 6800 W North, Austin, M/25
7:30p 11900 S Lowe, West Pullman, M/56
9:00p 8600 S Throop, Auburn Gresham, M/18
9:00p 8600 S Throop, Auburn Gresham, M/19
9:00p 8600 S Throop, Auburn Gresham, M/20

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Key:
shooting
homicide
Weekend = 12p Friday – 6a Monday

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2017 Deadliest ‘hoods

NeighborhoodHomicidesWoundedTotal
Austin157287
Garfield Park103444
North Lawndale53944
Englewood103141
Grand Crossing52429
Auburn Gresham72027
Humboldt Park32427
South Shore32326
Brighton Park81119
New City21416
Roseland41014
West Pullman21214
Near West Side6612
Chatham11011
Chicago Lawn3811
All Others38161199
As of 3/14/17

2017 Shot Placement

PlacementKilledWounded
head3723
chest1925
abdomen626
face615
back538
neck38
side37
leg1121
unknown/other19158
As of 3/4/17

2017 Police-involved Shootings

YearKilledWounded
201742
20161114
2015916
20141728
20131330
2012849
20112337
20101333
20091942
2017 POs-0
2009-2012 stats account for CPD incidents only. 2013-2017 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.

2017 Cause of Death

CauseHomicides%
Gunshot11194.1%
Stabbing43.4%
Child Abuse10.9%
Poisoning10.9%
Unknown10.9%
As of 3/13/17

2017 Race of Victim/Assailant

RaceVictimAssailant
Black899
Hispanic20-
White/Other5-
Police-4
Self Defense-1
Unknown4104
As of 3/13/17

*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.

2017 Gender of Victim

GenderKilledWounded
Male107445
Female1154
As of 3/13/17

2017 Homicide Clearance Rate

Legal OutcomeHomicides
No Suspect Charged99
Suspect Charged12
Police-Involved4
Self-Defense2
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).

2017 Multi-victim Shootings

# of Victims# of Incidents# Killed
7 shot1-
6 shot--
5 shot24
4 shot54
Hat Trick1815
2 shot5819
As of 3/14/17

Homicide Trend (1957-2016)

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 Emanuel2011-3,003

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
460.4509Bridgeport, Brighton Park, New City
460.22512 & 14Near West Side, Wicker Park, Logan Square
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.