March to Date
Shot & Killed: 35
Shot & Wounded: 134
Total Shot: 169
Total Homicides: 39

Week in Progress (3/24 – 3/30)
Shot & Killed: 5
Shot & Wounded: 14
Total Shot: 19
Total Homicides: 5

Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 92
Shot & Wounded: 392
Total Shot: 484
Total Homicides: 108

Vote Often Weekend

Three Stooges: MathIn addition to wintry weather being a known deterrent of silly decisions, we didn’t realize that the search for mail-in ballots provided similar relief. Early November should result in the city being a crime-free utopia, for at least a week or so.

Final Demonized Tally: 0 killed, 13 wounded
2023 weekend tally: 4 killed, 16 wounded
2022 weekend tally: 4 killed, 22 wounded
2021 weekend tally: 7 killed, 23 wounded
2020 weekend tally: 1 killed, 21 wounded
2019 weekend tally: 3 killed, 14 wounded
2018 weekend tally: 5 killed, 17 wounded
2017 weekend tally: 8 killed, 16 wounded
2016 weekend tally: 5 killed, 26 wounded
2015 weekend tally: 6 killed, 28 wounded
2014 weekend tally: 3 killed, 6 wounded
Average tally: 5 killed, 19 wounded

Friday 3/22
5:05p 10300 S Torrance, South Deering, M/54
Saturday 3/23
3:30a 3100 W Roosevelt, North Lawndale, M/22
3:30a 3100 W Roosevelt, North Lawndale, F/36
3:30a 7600 S South Chicago, Avalon Park, F/25
9:00a 800 N St Louis, Humboldt Park, M/26
12:15p 7900 S Wood, Auburn Gresham, F/37
12:15p 7900 S Wood, Auburn Gresham, M/40
5:30p 3500 W Armitage, Logan Square, M/25
Sunday 3/24
4:35p 11000 S Avenue M, East Side, M/16
7:45p 4000 W Wilcox, Garfield Park, M/14
9:15p 11200 S Avenue O, East Side, M/20
10:30p 2300 W 24th, Lower West Side, M/31
Vote Again Monday
2:00a Walk-in @ Stitch-N-Go, M/?

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Weekend = 12p Friday – 6a Monday


The crew in charge around here continues to step on their dick to the point of just standing on it. More efficient apparently. We’re going to have to look for something beyond our Crook County t-shirt to describe these clowns.

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2024 Shot Placement | Chalkie | Chicago

2024 Shot Placement

PlacementKilledWounded
chest2923
head2315
face86
abdomen631
neck212
shoulder211
back122
unknown/other32263
As of 3/25/24
Chicago City Map of Homicides 2024

2024 Homicide Map

N'hoodHomicidesWounded
Garfield Park433
Austin625
Englewood720
Auburn Gresham518
Little Village617
South Shore419
Grand Crossing1110
Near West Side417
Humboldt Park317
North Lawndale317
Chatham712
Roseland313
West Pullman410
New City211
South Chicago18
All Others33136
As of 3/25/24
2024 Homicide and Murder Trend | Chicago

2024 Homicide Trend

YearHomicidesWounded
2023128425
2022138503
2021149600
2020108433
201989356
2018115433
2017148598
2016153683
201587358
201473239

Previous year data is reflective of March end totals.

T-Shirts, Posters & Crap

Crook County T-ShirtSimple designs usually work better for t-shirts and it doesn’t get much more simple than adding an “r” to Daniel Cook’s last name. Sorry Danny, too easy, and fitting (literally and figuratively).

2024 Gender of Victim | Chicago

2024 Gender of Victim

GenderKilledWounded
Male59228
Female931
As of 3/1/24
2024 Race of Victim | Chicago

2024 Race of Victim/Assailant

RaceVictimAssailant
Black537
Hispanic101
White/Other5-
As of 3/1/24
2024 Cause of Death | Chicago

2024 Cause of Death

CauseHomicides%
Gunshot5783.8%
Stabbing57.4%
Trauma45.9%
Strangulation11.5%
Unknown11.5%
As of 3/1/24

Substack, IG, X & Others

First Nine MonthsWe’ve set up a Substack channel where we’ll be posting longer form content that doesn’t necessarily work on the site. Subscribe if you like, or not. We spend most of our social media capital on Twitter/X, however we’ve been more active on Instagram of late and are close to becoming influencers, but only if influencer means having no influence. Plus we have a toehold on a number of smaller, alternative social media platforms to be used primarily as “just-in-case” backups: Odysee, Rumble, Minds and GETTR.

Officer involved shootings | Chicago Police

2024 Police-involved Shootings

YearKilledWounded
202412
Previous Year Totals
202355
2022221
2021913
2020713
201966
2018615
20171112
20161114
2015916
20141728
20131330
2012849
20112337
20101333
20091942
CPD Shot-3
CPD Suicides--

2009-2012 stats account for on duty CPD incidents only. 2013-2024 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 shootings and homicides | Chicago

2024 Self Defense

YearKilledWounded
202436
Previous Year Totals
2023815
2022916
202157
2020119
201969
2018414
2017138
20161210
201553
As of 3/14/23

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.

Age of victim | Chicago

2024 Age of Victim

CohortKilledWounded
Kids (0-12)15
Teens (13-17)523
Young Adults (18-35)30153
Middle Aged (36-54)2559
AARP (55+)710
Unknown-9
As of 3/1/24
Chicago Multi-victim or mass shootings

2024 Mass Shootings

VictimsIncidentsKilled
7 shot1-
4 shot35
Hat Trick33
2 shot225
As of 2/27/24
Note: The Chicago Police Department defines a mass shooting as three or more shooting victims (non-fatal and fatal) per incident. This definition is based on the Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012, signed into law in January 2013.

Clearance Rate 2023 | Chicago

2023 Homicide Clearance Rate

Legal OutcomeHomicides%
Total Homicides627100%
No Suspect Charged48076.6%
Suspect Charged11919.0%
Bar to Prosecute193.0%
Death of Offender91.4%
As of 2/8/24

The clearance rate is a calculation of (Total Homicide Suspects Arrested + Bar to Prosecute + Death of Offender)/(Total Homicides – Police involved – Self Defense – Any homicide outside of CPD jurisdiction). Bar to Prosecute – investigators are sure they know who committed the crime but they just can’t convince prosecutors to approve charges. Death of Offender – investigators are sure they know who committed the crime but the alleged criminal dies before charges can be brought.

Chicago Homicides by Year, 1957 - 2019

Homicide Trend (1957-2023)

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 Lightfoot2019-20232,945
Brandon Johnson2023-426
Note: Lightfoot’s tally is 12p, May 20, 2019 – 11:59a, May 15, 2023. Brandon Johnson’s tally started at 12p, May 15, 2023.

Police Scanner Frequencies

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*Source Data & Editor’s Note

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.