We’ve made the move to our 2015 stats. See 2014 stats to get caught up on last year’s asinine stupidity.
We’ve made the move to our 2015 stats. See 2014 stats to get caught up on last year’s asinine stupidity.
Week in Progress (Sun – Sat)
Shot & Killed: 2
Shot & Wounded: 14
Total Shot: 16
Total Homicides: 2
Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 23
Shot & Wounded: 114
Total Shot: 137
Total Homicides: 25
Back in 2012 during the Chick-fil-A kerfuffle, the infamous phrase regarding “Chicago values” was spoken. Around the same time, Chicago was making national headlines for the rising number of ventilated honor students. That’s when we came up with the idea of a dashboard based on the “Chicago values” of murder, crime and mayhem.
On January 25th, 2013, we went live with a site that contained just a handful of charts, no shooting statistics (just homicides), no commentary, and no Shot-In-The-Ass-O-Meter.
Since then we’ve recorded nearly 950 homicides and 5,000 people shot. We’ve posted over 350 pieces of poorly written commentary and have made thousands of hours worth of updates, edits and additions.
We’d like to thank everyone who has visited, commented, emailed, followed, linked and liked and helped us make this idea a very minor success.
- The HeyJackass Crew
20 Comments | View all Enlightening CommentaryPlacement | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| chest | 8 | 5 |
| head | 4 | 5 |
| abdomen | 2 | 6 |
| face | 2 | 5 |
| side | 2 | 1 |
| back | 1 | 11 |
| neck | 1 | 5 |
| leg | 31 | |
| ass | 8 | |
| foot | 7 | |
| All others | 22 | |
| As of 1/28/15 |
Neighborhood | Homicides | Wounded | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Park | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| Englewood | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| New City | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Austin | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Ashburn | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| North Lawndale | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Chicago Lawn | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Woodlawn | 5 | 5 | |
| South Chicago | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Belmont Cragin | 4 | 4 | |
| Grand Boulevard | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Humboldt Park | 4 | 4 | |
| Roseland | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Grand Crossing | 3 | 3 | |
| Brighton Park | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| All Others | 5 | 30 | 35 |
| As of 1/28/15 | |||
Cause | Homicides | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gunshot | 22 | 91.8% |
| Stabbing | 1 | 4.1% |
| Child Abuse | 1 | 4.1% |
| As of 1/28/15 |
Race | Victim | Attacker |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 21 | 7 |
| Hispanic | 2 | 0 |
| As of 1/26/15 |
Gender | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 23 | 98 |
| Female | 1 | 13 |
| As of 1/28/15 |
Possible “Stingray” (ISMI Catcher) usage by the CPD at a #BrownFriday protest, 11/28/14.
Legal Outcome | Homicides |
|---|---|
| No Suspect Charged | 16 |
| Suspect Charged | 7 |
| Police-Involved | 0 |
| Murder/Suicide | 0 |
| Self-Defense | 0 |
# of Victims | # of Incidents | # Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Hat Trick | 3 | 2 |
| 2 shot | 12 | 3 |
| As of 1/26/15 |
A “selfie” is an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound or occasionally referred to as a “negligent discharge”. Metric doesn’t include suicides or suicide attempts.
Dates without a reported shooting or homicide: 1/7, 1/12, 1/15.
Mayor | Term | Homicides |
|---|---|---|
| Richard J. Daley | 1955-1976 | 10,910 |
| Michael Bilandic | 1976-1979 | 2,408 |
| Jane Byrne | 1979-1983 | 3,202 |
| Harold Washington | 1983-1987 | 3,295 |
| Eugene Sawyer | 1987-1989 | 978 |
| Richard M. Daley | 1989-2011 | 14,653 |
| Rahm Emanuel | 2011- | 1,931 |
Many thanks to everyone who ponied up for our shirts, Bigfat’s sauces and some Safe Passage stickers. We are completely SOLD OUT of t-shirts at this time, but we’ll be printing up a new batch come springtime.
We have some stickers left but if defacing public property isn’t your thing, pick up a scanner and listen to others do it for you.
If you’re interested in listening to Chicago mayhem, invest in a quality scanner or a cheaper two-way radio and tune in to the frequencies below:
If you’re not local, head over to either the Apple or Google app store and download a scanner app or check out Broadcastify’s Live Audio Feeds.
Freq. | CPD Dist. | Main 'hoods |
|---|---|---|
| 460.1250 | CW 1 | Citywide |
| 460.1750 | CW 2 | Citywide |
| 460.1500 | 1 & 18 | Loop, Mag Mile, Gold Coast |
| 460.5000 | 2 & 21 | Hyde Park, Grand Boulevard |
| 460.0750 | 3 | Woodlawn, South Shore |
| 460.2000 | 4 & 6 | Auburn Gresham, Chatham |
| 460.0250 | 5 & 22 | Roseland, West Pullman |
| 460.4000 | 7 & 8 | Englewood, Chicago Lawn |
| 460.4500 | 12 & 14 | Near West Side, New City |
| 460.1000 | 10 & 11 | Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, N. Lawndale |
| 460.4250 | 15 & 25 | Austin, Belmot-Cragin |
| 460.0500 | 19 | Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Uptown |
| 460.3750 | 20 & 24 | Edgewater, Rogers Park |
| Chicago Fire | Citywide | |
Sites we read daily and so should you.
We compile our own dataset using the following sources: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Homicide Watch Chicago, DNAInfo Chicago, Chicago Redeye Homicide Tracker, NBC5 Chicago, 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 counts homicides, whereas the CPD counts murders. A homicide, regardless of type or by whom, 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.
