November To Date
Shot & Killed: 25
Shot & Wounded: 114
Total Shot: 139
Total Homicides: 28
November To Date
Shot & Killed: 25
Shot & Wounded: 114
Total Shot: 139
Total Homicides: 28
Week in Progress (11/17 – 11/23)
Shot & Killed: 6
Shot & Wounded: 30
Total Shot: 36
Total Homicides: 7
Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 489
Shot & Wounded: 2288
Total Shot: 2777
Total Homicides: 556
It’s likely to be of no surprise that as time marches on, the underlying data that produces all these crappy-looking charts and tables, shifts, shimmies and/or otherwise gets updated by various agencies as new details emerge. Throughout the year, we occasionally look backward to see if anything has changed and indeed there are some changes to be made.
The following five incidents have been added to the overall totals:
Mar 18, 700 E 89th, Chatham, M/61
– late passing from stabbing
May 31, 7800 S Colfax, South Shore, F/60
– blunt force trauma
Jun 6, 400 N Hamlin, Humboldt Park, M/61
– blunt force trauma
Jun 15, 2400 E 78th, South Shore, M/7
– inhalation injuries, arson
Jun 15, 2400 E 78th, South Shore, M/24
– inhalation injuries, arson
In addition to the above, the Cook County Medical Examiner has 10 additional homicides for 2024 where we haven’t been able to obtain much detail on. Six of the ten involve late passings from shootings that more than likely occurred years if not decades ago. Since our methodology involves using the time and date of the incident instead of the time of death, today’s declared homicide from a shooting years ago will be applied to the year of occurrence, whenever that may be.
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| Placement | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| head | 124 | 86 |
| chest | 109 | 121 |
| back | 35 | 199 |
| abdomen | 29 | 151 |
| face | 27 | 72 |
| neck | 23 | 58 |
| side | 11 | 48 |
| other/unknown | 180 | 1500 |
| As of 11/10/24 |
| N'hood | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 48 | 160 |
| Englewood | 34 | 168 |
| Garfield Park | 28 | 145 |
| North Lawndale | 24 | 128 |
| South Shore | 28 | 100 |
| Auburn Gresham | 32 | 83 |
| Little Village | 19 | 93 |
| Grand Crossing | 38 | 71 |
| Humboldt Park | 14 | 83 |
| Near West Side | 15 | 76 |
| New City | 15 | 75 |
| Roseland | 21 | 66 |
| Chatham | 21 | 65 |
| West Pullman | 17 | 56 |
| Chicago Lawn | 10 | 59 |
| All Others | 174 | 807 |
| As of 11/10/24 |
| Year | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 612 | 2,351 |
| 2022 | 679 | 2,746 |
| 2021 | 801 | 3,500 |
| 2020 | 741 | 3,238 |
| 2019 | 487 | 2,111 |
| 2018 | 549 | 2,280 |
| 2017 | 642 | 2,767 |
| 2016 | 746 | 3,420 |
| 2015 | 471 | 2,334 |
| 2014 | 418 | 2,027 |
Previous year data is reflective of November’s end totals.
| Year | Killed | Wounded | Total | FR% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 485 | 2262 | 2747 | 17.7% |
| 2023 | 535 | 2270 | 2805 | 19.1% |
| 2022 | 597 | 2668 | 3265 | 18.3% |
| 2021 | 729 | 3376 | 4105 | 17.8% |
| 2020 | 653 | 3116 | 3769 | 17.3% |
| 2019 | 427 | 2050 | 2477 | 17.2% |
| As of 11/17/24 | ||||
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| Date | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 9/23 - 11/18 | 8 | 8 |
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| Gender | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 461 | 1848 |
| Female | 61 | 328 |
| As of 11/1/24 |
| Race | Victim | Assailant |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 399 | 41 |
| Hispanic | 105 | 10 |
| White/Other | 17 | 1 |
| As of 11/1/24 |
| Cause | Homicides | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gunshot | 463 | 88.7% |
| Stabbing | 23 | 4.4% |
| Trauma | 23 | 4.4% |
| Auto | 4 | 0.8% |
| Strangulation | 2 | 0.4% |
| Arson | 2 | 0.4% |
| Child Abuse | 1 | 0.2% |
| Drowning | 1 | 0.2% |
| Electrocution | 1 | 0.2% |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.4% |
| As of 11/1/24 |
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| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| Previous Year Totals | ||
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 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 | 4 |
| CPD Suicides | 3 | - |
| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 19 |
| Previous Year Totals | ||
| 2023 | 8 | 15 |
| 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 11/23/24 | ||
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| Cohort | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Kids (0-12) | 8 | 28 |
| Teens (13-17) | 38 | 216 |
| Young Adults (18-35) | 293 | 1253 |
| Middle Aged (36-54) | 147 | 517 |
| AARP (55+) | 34 | 81 |
| Unknown | 2 | 88 |
| As of 11/1/24 |
| Victims | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| 11 shot | 1 | 1 |
| 8 shot | 1 | - |
| 7 shot | 4 | 2 |
| 6 shot | 2 | 1 |
| 5 shot | 6 | 4 |
| 4 shot | 14 | 10 |
| Hat Trick | 70 | 34 |
| 2 shot | 260 | 96 |
| As of 11/1/24 |
| Legal Outcome | Homicides | % |
|---|---|---|
| Total Homicides | 627 | 100% |
| No Suspect Charged | 480 | 76.6% |
| Suspect Charged | 119 | 19.0% |
| Bar to Prosecute | 19 | 3.0% |
| Death of Offender | 9 | 1.4% |
| As of 2/8/24 |
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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- | 548 |
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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.
All statistics, metrics, charts, graphs and other visualizations are preliminary based on the data available at the time. All incidents are subject to further analysis or change.
