January To Date
Shot & Killed: 8
Shot & Wounded: 46
Total Shot: 54
Total Homicides: 8

Coming Soon
2023 stats and graphics will be posted soon. Until then, marvel at 2022’s stupidity.

Preliminary 2022 Totals (vs 2021)
Shot & Killed: 665 (-16%)
Shot & Wounded: 2937 (-22%)
Total Shot: 3602 (-21%)
Total Homicides: 735 (-14%)

Year In Review

Father TimeThankfully 2022 was not the predicted Total Shitshow v2.022 coming off of a very 90s-like 2021. However, 700+ homicides can hardly be considered a success when the homicide run rate these past few years is 60-75% higher than the late aughts/early teens lows. We have yet to hear if this is “unacceptable” or simply “better than last year” or most likely “crime is down”.

2022: 735 killed, 2,937 wounded
2021: 855 killed, 3,745 wounded
2020: 798 killed, 3,451 wounded
2019: 521 killed, 2,291 wounded
2018: 592 killed, 2,465 wounded
2017: 685 killed, 2,935 wounded
2016: 808 killed, 3,658 wounded
2015: 513 killed, 2,546 wounded
2014: 464 killed, 2,230 wounded
2013: 455 killed, 2,185 wounded

A breakdown of the year’s idiocy shows:

  • 655 shot & killed
  • 29 stabbed
  • 25 beaten
  • 16 killed via other means
  • 23 shot by police, 2 fatally
  • 25 self defense, 9 fatally
  • 123 homicide-linked arrests
  • Averaged 10 people shot per day
  • All 365 days recorded a shooting
  • 63 days were homicide-free
  • 613 in serious or critical condition
  • 639 (87%) males killed vs 96 females
  • 568 (77%) Blacks, 131 Hispanics, 35 other
  • 51 children 12 and younger shot, 13 fatal
  • Homicide age range: 0-91
  • Team Garfield Park – w/ 295 shot, 45 fatally
  • 11th District won w/ 76 homicides
  • 55 expressway shootings, 4 fatal
  • 205 grazed
  • 46 selfies
  • 139 #ShotInTheAss

With a pro-criminal, mildly retarded ruling class in place, along with a diminished police force, it wasn’t all that difficult to predict that a repeat of 2021 could be in the cards. We were a bit aggressive with our call of 800-900 homicides and another 3500+ wounded as the usual suspect neighborhoods lightened up on their killing by 22% – 50%

As for 2023, we don’t see how this ongoing tire fire gets put out without some major changes from the top down. As we saw back in November, there doesn’t seem to be much appitite for change just yet. There was much choice to anyway.

With the SAFE-T Act pending IL Supreme Court approval/denial, additional shrinkage amongst the ranks of the CPD along with continued retardation of the Non-Essentials and supporting laptop, Zoomer class, we could easily see a repeat of 2022 and possibly even 2021 stretch goal. A 750-800 homicide year with another 3000-3500 shot and wounded is one possible and likely outcome for 2023. Some sort of rioting nonsense is always a high odds prop bet.

Of course, the mayoral election could assist with the course change, but at this point it’s anyone’s guess. There are more than a few running who would and could do worse than the current occupant of the 5th floor at City Hall.

What’s your prediction? Head on over to our Substack and leave a comment and we’ll revist in a year – number of homicides and number of wounded. Price Is Right rules apply.

As always, many thanks to everyone who visited, liked, retweeted, emailed, hit the tip jar and/or picked up some tees or other crap this past year. Have yourself a safe and prosperous new year.

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2022 Chicago | Murder and Homicide Map

2022 Homicide Map

N'hoodHomicidesWoundedTotal
Garfield Park47248295
Englewood47213260
Austin48172220
South Shore42132174
Grand Crossing20147167
Auburn Gresham37120157
Humboldt Park21136157
North Lawndale28118146
Roseland29109138
New City2394117
Little Village2193114
Near West Side2086106
Chatham2774101
South Chicago196685
Chicago Lawn226284
All Others28310661329
As of 1/1/23
Shot Placement | Chicago 2022

2022 Shot Placement

PlacementKilledWounded
head199118
chest144136
back40262
abdomen33157
face32120
neck2560
side1257
unknown/other2492026
As of 1/1/23
2022 Chicago | Murder and Homicide Trend

2022 Homicide Trend

YearHomicidesWounded
20218553,745
20207983,451
20195212,291
20185922,465
20176852,935
20168083,658
20155132,546
20144642,230
Previous year data is reflective of year end total.

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2022 Chicago | Police Shootings

2022 Police-involved Shootings

YearKilledWounded
2022221
Previous Year Totals
2021913
2020713
201966
2018615
20171112
20161114
2015916
20141728
20131330
2012849
20112337
20101333
20091942
CPD Shot-8
CPD Suicides8-

2009-2012 stats account for CPD incidents only. 2013-2022 may include other police forces within Chicago, such as the Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriff, various 3 lettered state/federal agencies, suburban departments or university police forces. On-duty as well as off-duty LEOs are included. Historical data pulled from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

2022 Self Defense | Chicago | HeyJackass!

2022 Self Defense

YearKilledWounded
2022916
Previous Year Totals
202157
2020119
201969
2018414
2017138
20161210
201553
As of 12/10/22

Stats do NOT include on/off-duty police or other law enforcement and are not limited to firearm related incidents; fatal stabbings are also included. Previous years’ stats reflect totals for entire year.

Alternative Social Media

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2022 Chicago | Cause of Death

2022 Cause of Death

CauseHomicides%
Gunshot66590.6%
Stabbing294.0%
Trauma243.3%
Auto50.7%
Unknown30.4%
Strangulation20.3%
Child Abuse10.1%
Defenestration10.1%
Drowning10.1%
Immolation10.1%
Neglect10.1%
Toxicity10.1%
As of 1/1/23
Defenestration (de·​fen·​es·​tra·​tion) : a throwing of a person or thing out of a window

2022 Chicago | Race of Victim

2022 Race of Victim/Assailant

RaceVictimAssailant
Black56772
Hispanic13129
White/Other358
As of 1/1/23
2022 Chicago | Gender of Victim
GenderKilledWounded
Male6382,478
Female96457
As of 1/1/23
2022 Carjackings | Chicago | HeyJackass!

2022 Carjack-O-Rahm-A

YearCarjackingsArrests%
20221,5341036.7%
Previous Year Totals
20211,8481065.7%
20201,413745.2%
2019603599.8%
2018775769.8%
2017938667.0%
20166636910.4%
20153393710.9%
20143033812.5%
20133445215.1%
2012487519.7%
20115545610.1%
2010570569.8%
20097358511.6%

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. Other auto related crimes are not included. Previous year data sets represent the entire year’s tally.

2022 Age of Victim | Chicago | HeyJackass!

2022 Age of Victim

CohortKilledWounded
Kids (0-12)1338
Teens (13-17)58308
Young Adults (18-35)4381,713
Middle Aged (36-54)176579
AARP (55+)43124
Unknown-173
As of 1/1/23
Chicago Multi-victim or mass shootings

2022 Mass Shootings

VictimsIncidentsKilled
14 shot11
10 shot12
9 shot12
7 shot1-
6 shot1-
5 shot1211
4 shot3118
Hat Trick7430
2 shot351129
As of 1/1/23
Chicago Police Department Sign

2022 Deadliest CPD Districts

DistrictHomicidesWoundedTotal
01176389465
00671249319
00752231283
00348234282
01046213259
00454190244
00947189236
00555163218
00833145178
00236134170
01230130160
01538120158
0223395128
0251786103
001216788
018185977
017125163
ISP45155
024143852
014113647
019102636
01652330
02041418
UofC11
As of 1/1/23
Chicago Homicides by Year, 1957 - 2019

Homicide Trend (1957-2022)

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 Emanuel2011-20194,535
Lori Lightfoot2019-2022*2,728
*Lightfoot’s tally is May 20, 2019 – December 31, 2022.

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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 (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 and the needlessly woke Chicago Violence Reduction Dashboard.

Community areas and neighborhoods are determined by the Chicago Tribune’s Boundaries App (defunct) and/or Crimeisdown.com’s most excellent Incident Map.

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.