April to Date
Shot & Killed: 23
Shot & Wounded: 85
Total Shot: 98
Total Homicides: 24
April to Date
Shot & Killed: 23
Shot & Wounded: 85
Total Shot: 98
Total Homicides: 24
Week in Progress (4/9 – 4/15)
Shot & Killed: 12
Shot & Wounded: 39
Total Shot: 51
Total Homicides: 12
Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 142
Shot & Wounded: 511
Total Shot: 653
Total Homicides: 150
It has long been suspected that the dead vote in Chicago. While that may be no longer the case, there is a correlation between recent homicide victims and that precinct’s preferred candidate.
An interesting correlation appears when taking the precinct map from last week’s election and overlaying it with our own 2020-2022 homicide map – the vast majority of 2,390 homicide recorded over the last three years occured in Johnson-preferred precincts.
Adobe Illustrator doesn’t have a handy count by homicide dot feature, so we had to manually eyeball it and figure around 250-300 homicides took place in Vallas-preferred precincts. That would leave the remaining ~2,100 homicides for Johnson’s precincts, or roughly 90% of the total.
In an effort to not confuse readers with another map next to the current map, the big, beautiful homicides vs precincts map is over on our Substack. Swing by and read the rest, subscribe and comment if you like. North of 1,600 of you thought that would be a good idea.
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| Placement | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| head | 39 | 33 |
| chest | 22 | 28 |
| abdomen | 11 | 22 |
| face | 10 | 19 |
| back | 7 | 38 |
| side | 5 | 7 |
| neck | 3 | 8 |
| unknown/other | 42 | 328 |
| As of 4/10/23 |
| N'hood | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Englewood | 13 | 39 |
| Austin | 9 | 32 |
| South Shore | 7 | 31 |
| Chatham | 14 | 21 |
| Garfield Park | 12 | 18 |
| Grand Crossing | 10 | 16 |
| Near West Side | 4 | 22 |
| North Lawndale | 6 | 20 |
| Roseland | 4 | 22 |
| Auburn Gresham | 2 | 23 |
| New City | 3 | 21 |
| Humboldt Park | 5 | 13 |
| West Pullman | 1 | 15 |
| South Chicago | 1 | 11 |
| Ashburn | 1 | 10 |
| All Others | 47 | 169 |
| As of 4/10/23 |
| Year | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 194 | 706 |
| 2021 | 206 | 858 |
| 2020 | 165 | 628 |
| 2019 | 152 | 543 |
| 2018 | 157 | 614 |
| 2017 | 197 | 868 |
| 2016 | 193 | 957 |
| 2015 | 124 | 562 |
| 2014 | 110 | 471 |
Will Chicago become an even bigger “hellhole” under Lightfoot v2.0? We’ll have to wait and see, but in the meantime, wait in comfort with a custom t-shirt.
| Gender | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 105 | 373 |
| Female | 20 | 58 |
| As of 4/1/23 |
| Race | Victim | Assailant |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 98 | 8 |
| Hispanic | 24 | 4 |
| White/Other | 3 | 1 |
| As of 4/1/23 |
| Cause | Homicides | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gunshot | 118 | 94.4% |
| Stabbing | 4 | 3.2% |
| Trauma | 2 | 1.6% |
| Child Abuse | 1 | 0.8% |
| As of 4/1/23 |
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| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | 1 | - |
| CPD Suicides | - | - |
| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 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 4/3/23 | ||
| Cohort | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Kids (0-12) | 3 | 4 |
| Teens (13-17) | 10 | 67 |
| Young Adults (18-35) | 75 | 263 |
| Middle Aged (36-54) | 34 | 53 |
| AARP (55+) | 3 | 15 |
| Unknown | - | 19 |
| As of 4/1/23 |
| Victims | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| 6 shot | 1 | 3 |
| 5 shot | 1 | 2 |
| 4 shot | 2 | 1 |
| Hat Trick | 4 | - |
| 2 shot | 51 | 16 |
| As of 4/1/23 |
| Year | Carjackings | Arrests | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 313 | 12 | 3.8% |
| 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 | 2019-2022* | 2,855 |
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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.
