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

How The Dead Voted

WHT HeadstoneIt 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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Shot Placement Chalkie 2023

2023 Shot Placement

PlacementKilledWounded
head3933
chest2228
abdomen1122
face1019
back738
side57
neck38
unknown/other42328
As of 4/10/23
*Shot placement is not always reported. Chalkie shows general placement whereas the table shows exact placement by worst wounded reported.

Chicago Homicide Map 2023

2023 Homicide Map

N'hoodHomicidesWounded
Englewood1339
Austin932
South Shore731
Chatham1421
Garfield Park1218
Grand Crossing1016
Near West Side422
North Lawndale620
Roseland422
Auburn Gresham223
New City321
Humboldt Park513
West Pullman115
South Chicago111
Ashburn110
All Others47169
As of 4/10/23
Chicago Homicide Trend 2023

2023 Homicide Trend

YearHomicidesWounded
2022194706
2021206858
2020165628
2019152543
2018157614
2017197868
2016193957
2015124562
2014110471
Previous year data is reflective of April end total.

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Chicago Gender of Victim 2023

2023 Gender of Victim

GenderKilledWounded
Male105373
Female2058
As of 4/1/23
Chicago Race of Victim or Assailant 2023

2023 Race of Victim/Assailant

RaceVictimAssailant
Black988
Hispanic244
White/Other31
As of 4/1/23
Chicago Cause of Death 2023

2023 Cause of Death

CauseHomicides%
Gunshot11894.4%
Stabbing43.2%
Trauma21.6%
Child Abuse10.8%
As of 4/1/23

Substack & Others

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Chicago Police Involved Shootings 2023

2023 Police-involved Shootings

YearKilledWounded
202322
Previous Year Totals
2022221
2021913
2020713
201966
2018615
20171112
20161114
2015916
20141728
20131330
2012849
20112337
20101333
20091942
CPD Shot1-
CPD Suicides--

2009-2012 stats account for on duty CPD incidents only. 2013-2023 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 incidents are included. Historical data pulled from the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

Self defense Chicago 2023

2023 Self Defense

YearKilledWounded
202314
Previous Year Totals
2022916
202157
2020119
201969
2018414
2017138
20161210
201553
As of 4/3/23
Age of Victim 2023 | Chicago

2023 Age of Victim

CohortKilledWounded
Kids (0-12)34
Teens (13-17)1067
Young Adults (18-35)75263
Middle Aged (36-54)3453
AARP (55+)315
Unknown-19
As of 4/1/23
Chicago Multi-victim or mass shootings

2023 Mass Shootings

VictimsIncidentsKilled
6 shot13
5 shot12
4 shot21
Hat Trick4-
2 shot5116
As of 4/1/23
Chicago carjackings | 2023

2023 Carjack-O-Rahm-A

YearCarjackingsArrests%
2023313123.8%
Previous Year Totals
20221,6741197.1%
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. 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.

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*2,855
*Lightfoot’s tally is May 20, 2019 – March 31, 2023.

Police Scanner Frequencies

As more and more CPD frequencies move towards encryption, scanners are becoming useless. Check out CrimeIsDown’s Live Audio Feeds to listen to any zone that hasn’t been encrypted (yet) or use the official feeds with a 30+ minute delay on Broadcastify.

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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, 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.