December to Date
Shot & Killed: 28
Shot & Wounded: 120
Total Shot: 148
Total Homicides: 32
December to Date
Shot & Killed: 28
Shot & Wounded: 120
Total Shot: 148
Total Homicides: 32
Week in Progress (12/24 – 12/30)
Shot & Killed: 0
Shot & Wounded: 7
Total Shot: 7
Total Homicides: 0
Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 569
Shot & Wounded: 2472
Total Shot: 3041
Total Homicides: 638
Last year we had single digit temps on Christmas, this year we’re looking to be about 40° warmer meaning ample sEverRE iLLnESs and DEatH!… no wait… that was 2021. Regardless, have a relaxing and enjoyable Festivus-Christmas-Boxing Day weekend.
Final X-Mass Tally: 3 killed, 18 wounded
2022 Christmas tally: 5 killed, 17 wounded*
2021 Christmas tally: 4 killed, 28 wounded
2020 Christmas tally: 11 killed, 20 wounded
2019 Christmas tally: 9 killed, 54 wounded
2018 Christmas tally: 6 killed, 28 wounded
2017 Christmas tally: 5 killed, 21 wounded
2016 Christmas tally: 12 killed, 51 wounded
2015 Christmas tally: 13 killed, 23 wounded
Average Xmas tally: 8 killed, 30 wounded
Friday 12/22
1:35p 1800 W 77th, Auburn Gresham, M/?
5:50p 6400 S Morgan, Englewood, M/25
6:10p 4500 W 83rd, Ashburn, F/28
11:10p 7100 S Halsted, Englewood, M/18
Festivus
12:05a 600 W 71st, Englewood, M/37
12:20a 7200 S May, Englewood, M/56
2:10a 700 W 92nd, Washington Heights, F/38
2:10a 700 W 92nd, Washington Heights, M/46
10:00a 3500 S Cottage Grove, Oakland, M/56
12:45p 2400 W 55th, Gage Park, M/28
19-year-old shot and killed, possibly while trying to rob concealed carry holder in West Town
4:50p 1700 W Cortez, West Town, M/19
9:40p 8700 S Crieger, Calumet Heights, M/24
10:45p 220 W Garfield, Fuller Park, M/40
Christmas Eve
1:20a Walk-in @ Stitch-N-Go, M/28
1:30a 6400 S King, Grand Crossing, M/24
1:55a 6200 S Albany, Chicago Lawn, M/19
3:55a 1500 S Washtenaw, North Lawndale, M/18
11:30a 2800 W 38th, Brighton Park, M/19
Christmas Day
1:55a 4900 N Monticello, Albany Park, M/20
7:20a 4030 W Armitage, Hermosa, M/29
Don’t Demonize Boxing Day
Cancelled due to eggnog overdose
Key:
shooting
homicide
Weekend = 12p Friday – 6a Tuesday
*Each year has a different weekend timeframe depending on what day Christmas fell on.
| Placement | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| head | 146 | 123 |
| chest | 105 | 134 |
| back | 41 | 196 |
| abdomen | 36 | 140 |
| face | 36 | 89 |
| side | 24 | 49 |
| neck | 16 | 28 |
| unknown/other | 227 | 1684 |
| As of 12/19/23 |
| N'hood | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 47 | 186 |
| Garfield Park | 57 | 175 |
| Englewood | 54 | 171 |
| North Lawndale | 29 | 154 |
| South Shore | 30 | 126 |
| Grand Crossing | 32 | 103 |
| New City | 20 | 105 |
| Near West Side | 16 | 95 |
| Auburn Gresham | 21 | 87 |
| Roseland | 23 | 85 |
| Chatham | 31 | 62 |
| Chicago Lawn | 18 | 62 |
| Humboldt Park | 19 | 60 |
| Little Village | 14 | 65 |
| West Pullman | 13 | 54 |
| All Others | 207 | 853 |
| As of 12/19/23 |
| Year | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 738 | 2,936 |
| 2021 | 856 | 3,745 |
| 2020 | 797 | 3,451 |
| 2019 | 524 | 2,291 |
| 2018 | 592 | 2,456 |
| 2017 | 685 | 2,935 |
| 2016 | 808 | 3,658 |
| 2015 | 513 | 2,546 |
| 2014 | 465 | 2,229 |
Rolling out some winter gear ahead of that first heart attack snow with an embroidered Chalkie hoodie. It’s obviously too late to beat Santa, but there’s a solid three months of shitty weather ahead.
| Gender | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 544 | 2,057 |
| Female | 87 | 386 |
| As of 12/19/23 |
| Race | Victim | Assailant |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 498 | 57 |
| Hispanic | 108 | 19 |
| White/Other | 24 | 4 |
| As of 12/19/23 |
| Cause | Homicides | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gunshot | 563 | 89.2% |
| Trauma | 31 | 4.9% |
| Stabbing | 24 | 3.8% |
| Child Abuse | 4 | 0.6% |
| Strangulation | 3 | 0.5% |
| Toxicity | 3 | 0.5% |
| Drowning | 1 | 0.2% |
| Arson | 1 | 0.2% |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.2% |
| As of 12/19/23 |
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| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| Previous Year Totals | ||
| 2022 | 2 | 21 |
| 2021 | 9 | 13 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15 |
| 2017 | 11 | 12 |
| 2016 | 11 | 14 |
| 2015 | 9 | 16 |
| 2014 | 17 | 28 |
| 2013 | 13 | 30 |
| 2012 | 8 | 49 |
| 2011 | 23 | 37 |
| 2010 | 13 | 33 |
| 2009 | 19 | 42 |
| CPD Shot | 2 | 3 |
| CPD Suicides | 2 | - |
| N'Hood | Rounds Detected |
|---|---|
| Englewood | 15,184 |
| New City | 9,419 |
| Austin | 8,828 |
| Garfield Park | 6,622 |
| South Chicago | 6,591 |
| Roseland | 6,515 |
| South Shore | 6,326 |
| West Pullman | 6,237 |
| North Lawndale | 6,045 |
| Auburn Gresham | 5,173 |
| All Others | 62,843 |
| As of 10/14/23 |
| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 15 |
| Previous Year Totals | ||
| 2022 | 9 | 16 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 4 | 14 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8 |
| 2016 | 12 | 10 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| As of 12/12/23 | ||
| Cohort | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Kids (0-12) | 9 | 25 |
| Teens (13-17) | 56 | 272 |
| Young Adults (18-35) | 333 | 1420 |
| Middle Aged (36-54) | 156 | 463 |
| AARP (55+) | 40 | 78 |
| Unknown | 2 | 102 |
| As of 12/2/23 |
| Victims | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| 15 shot | 1 | - |
| 9 shot | 1 | 1 |
| 8 shot | 1 | - |
| 7 shot | 1 | 1 |
| 6 shot | 2 | 4 |
| 5 shot | 9 | 9 |
| 4 shot | 19 | 12 |
| Hat Trick | 47 | 15 |
| 2 shot | 273 | 97 |
| As of 11/27/23 |
| Year | Carjackings | Arrests | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,190 | 71 | 6.0% |
| Previous Year Totals | |||
| 2022 | 1,674 | 119 | 7.1% |
| 2021 | 1,848 | 106 | 5.7% |
| 2020 | 1,413 | 74 | 5.2% |
| 2019 | 603 | 59 | 9.8% |
| 2018 | 775 | 76 | 9.8% |
| 2017 | 938 | 66 | 7.0% |
| 2016 | 663 | 69 | 10.4% |
| 2015 | 339 | 37 | 10.9% |
| 2014 | 303 | 38 | 12.5% |
| 2013 | 344 | 52 | 15.1% |
| 2012 | 487 | 51 | 9.7% |
| 2011 | 554 | 56 | 10.1% |
| 2010 | 570 | 56 | 9.8% |
| 2009 | 735 | 85 | 11.6% |
Carjacking data comes directly from the CPD’s own data set, so add 20% to obtain the true numbers. Carjacking and arrest tallies are directly related to either the IUCR codes of 0325 & 0326 only. Throughout the year, these numbers are adjusted downward (shocking!) to show lower year end totals. We record the number published around the 8th of the month and are not adjusted afterwards. Other auto related crimes are not included. Previous year data sets represent the entire year’s tally.
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| 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 | 2011-2019 | 4,535 |
| Lori Lightfoot | 2019-2023 | 2,945 |
| Brandon Johnson | 2023- | - |
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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.
