October to Date
Shot & Killed: 30
Shot & Wounded: 164
Total Shot: 194
Total Homicides: 32
October to Date
Shot & Killed: 30
Shot & Wounded: 164
Total Shot: 194
Total Homicides: 32
Week in Progress (10/15 – 10/21)
Shot & Killed: 10
Shot & Wounded: 40
Total Shot: 50
Total Homicides: 10
Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 469
Shot & Wounded: 2096
Total Shot: 2565
Total Homicides: 522
It seems as if “Any violent act against an elected official in our city is unacceptable and must be condemned in the strongest terms” leaves out the remaining 2.5 or 6-something million residents of Chicago, we’ll assume the following is acceptable.
11:00p Demonized Tally: 4 killed, 15 wounded
2022 weekend tally: 14 killed, 46 wounded
2021 weekend tally: 5 killed, 29 wounded
2020 weekend tally: 8 killed, 24 wounded
2019 weekend tally: 5 killed, 21 wounded
2018 weekend tally: 5 killed, 39 wounded
2017 weekend tally: 2 killed, 23 wounded
2016 weekend tally: 17 killed, 45 wounded
2015 weekend tally: 3 killed, 28 wounded
2014 weekend tally: 4 killed, 15 wounded
Average weekend: 7 killed, 30 wounded
Friday 10/20
3:30p 5700 S Maplewood, Gage Park, M/52
3:55p 2200 E 68th, South Shore, M/34
4:30p 5600 S Elizabeth, Englewood, M/14
6:15p 7100 S University, Grand Crossing, F/40
7:00p 7500 S Paulina, Auburn Gresham, M/51
8:20p 400 E 50th, Grand Boulevard, M/13
9:00p 8600 S Marshfield, Auburn Gresham, M/24
9:50p 4500 S Fairfield, Brighton Park, M/34
11:00p 2100 S Leavitt, Lower West Side, M/18
11:00p 2100 S Leavitt, Lower West Side, M/20
Saturday 10/21
12:20a 1100 W 90th, Washington Heights, M/32
1:35a 1700 W 71st, Englewood, M/19
1:35a 1700 W 71st, Englewood, M/21
3:25a 1100 S Mozart, North Lawndale, M/29
5:10a 4000 W Wilcox, Garfield Park, M/29
12:00p 5000 W North, Austin, M/19
12:25p 7300 S Dorchester, South Shore, M/42
2:35p 3900 W Ogden, North Lawndale, M/43
6:35p 900 W 54th, New City, M/27
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Weekend = 12p Friday – 6a Monday
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| Placement | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| head | 115 | 100 |
| chest | 84 | 116 |
| abdomen | 33 | 117 |
| back | 32 | 176 |
| face | 32 | 71 |
| side | 18 | 40 |
| neck | 10 | 24 |
| unknown/other | 190 | 1416 |
| As of 10/16/23 |
| N'hood | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 36 | 170 |
| Englewood | 48 | 148 |
| Garfield Park | 46 | 141 |
| North Lawndale | 27 | 123 |
| South Shore | 21 | 110 |
| Grand Crossing | 27 | 81 |
| New City | 17 | 87 |
| Auburn Gresham | 19 | 83 |
| Roseland | 21 | 71 |
| Near West Side | 14 | 74 |
| Chatham | 25 | 53 |
| Humboldt Park | 15 | 48 |
| Little Village | 12 | 51 |
| Chicago Lawn | 11 | 48 |
| West Pullman | 11 | 46 |
| All Others | 164 | 726 |
| As of 10/16/23 |
| Year | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 619 | 2,547 |
| 2021 | 733 | 3,244 |
| 2020 | 680 | 2,951 |
| 2019 | 450 | 1,951 |
| 2018 | 501 | 2.151 |
| 2017 | 601 | 2,602 |
| 2016 | 663 | 3,097 |
| 2015 | 434 | 2,169 |
| 2014 | 380 | 1,902 |
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| Gender | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 421 | 1,642 |
| Female | 69 | 305 |
| As of 10/1/23 |
| Race | Victim | Assailant |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 402 | 40 |
| Hispanic | 68 | 13 |
| White/Other | 20 | 4 |
| As of 10/1/23 |
| Cause | Homicides | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gunshot | 441 | 90.0% |
| Stabbing | 21 | 4.3% |
| Trauma | 21 | 4.3% |
| Child Abuse | 3 | 0.6% |
| Strangulation | 2 | 0.4% |
| Arson | 1 | 0.2% |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.2% |
| As of 10/1/23 |
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| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 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 | 2 |
| 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 | 3 | 12 |
| 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 9/6/23 | ||
| Cohort | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Kids (0-12) | 8 | 20 |
| Teens (13-17) | 45 | 232 |
| Young Adults (18-35) | 275 | 1182 |
| Middle Aged (36-54) | 130 | 369 |
| AARP (55+) | 32 | 67 |
| Unknown | - | 77 |
| As of 10/1/23 |
| Victims | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| 9 shot | 1 | 1 |
| 8 shot | 1 | - |
| 7 shot | 1 | 1 |
| 6 shot | 2 | 4 |
| 5 shot | 8 | 9 |
| 4 shot | 17 | 11 |
| Hat Trick | 42 | 9 |
| 2 shot | 235 | 81 |
| As of 10/8/23 |
| Year | Carjackings | Arrests | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 956 | 54 | 5.6% |
| 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.
