March to Date
Shot & Killed: 16
Shot & Wounded: 57
Total Shot: 73
Total Homicides: 16

Last Week: 3/9 – 3/15 (vs WoW)
Shot & Killed: 7 (+17%)
Shot & Wounded: 37 (+147%)
Total Shot: 44 (+110%)
Total Homicides: 7 (+17%)

Year To Date
Shot & Killed: 72
Shot & Wounded: 244
Total Shot: 316
Total Homicides: 80

St. Patrick’s Stupidity

Drunk GirlThe river will be dyed, the parades will march and the bars will be at full vomit-inducing capacity. Additionally, the weather is agreeable to both drunken revelers and subsequent walks of shame while fueling the usual nonsense elsewhere around town.

8:00a Vomit Tally: 1 killed, 20 wounded
2024 weekend tally: 5 killed, 18 wounded
2023 weekend tally: 1 killed, 17 wounded
2022 weekend tally: 2 killed, 25 wounded
2021 weekend tally: 6 killed, 39 wounded
2020 weekend tally: 2 killed, 18 wounded
2019 weekend tally: 4 killed, 16 wounded
2018 weekend tally: 8 killed, 14 wounded
2017 weekend tally: 3 killed, 18 wounded
2016 weekend tally: 4 killed, 30 wounded
2015 weekend tally: 4 killed, 18 wounded
Average tally: 4 killed, 21 wounded

Friday 3/14
5:30p 1200 W 110th, Morgan Park, M/54
7:00p 700 E 92nd, Chatham, M/54
8:10p 4700 S Paulina, New City, M/29
9:15p 100 S Kilpatrick, Austin, F/?
9:40p 1800 W 51st, New City, M/25
10:20p 1900 W 51st, New City, F/22
10:20p 1900 W 51st, New City, M/22
10:20p 1900 W 51st, New City, M/46
10:20p 1900 W 51st, New City, M/48
10:20p 1900 W 51st, New City, F/61
10:30p 2600 W 21st, Little Village, M/?
10:30p 2600 W 21st, Little Village, M/17
Man shot outside Lakeview mini-mart is
‘uncooperative,’ police say
11:05p 2800 N Clybourn, North Center, M/40

Saturday 3/15
1:50a 100 N Clinton, Near West Side, M/28
4:05a 8900 S Morgan, Washington Heights, M/?
7:40a 4600 S Western, Brighton Park, M/22
11:30p 5000 S East End, Kenwood, M/9
Sunday 3/16
2:30a 200 S Lavergne, Austin, M/29
Man dead after shooting at Old Town
apartment complex

2:30a 1300 N Hudson, Near North Side, M/44
4:00a 6100 S Stewart, Englewood, M/26
4:10a Walk-in @ Stitch-N-Go, F/43

Key:
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Weekend = 12p Friday – 6a Monday


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2025 Shot Placement | Chalkie | Chicago

2025 Shot Placement

PlacementKilledWounded
head2217
chest2013
face58
back311
abdomen310
neck24
shoulder116
other/unknown10129
As of 3/9/25
Chicago Murder and Homicide Map | 2025

2025 Homicide Map

N'hoodHomicidesWounded
Austin621
Garfield Park316
North Lawndale711
Englewood112
Humboldt Park310
Roseland57
South Shore39
Grand Crossing64
South Chicago37
Auburn Gresham45
Belmont Cragin18
West Pullman27
Chatham26
Chicago Lawn17
Near West Side24
All Others2574
As of 3/9/25
Chicago Homicide and Murder Trend | 2025

2025 Homicide Trend

YearHomicidesWounded
2024121419
2023129424
2022138503
2021149600
2020108433
201989356
2018115433
2017148598
2016153683
201587358

Previous year data is reflective of March end totals.

Chicago total shot count | 2025

2025 Total Shot Trend

YearKilledWoundedTotalFR%
20256620827424.1%
20247431438819.1%
202310032942923.3%
202210235745922.2%
202110241251419.8%
20207931739619.9%
20194825530315.8%
As of 3/9/25
All years counted through date shown at the bottom of the table. Fatality rate (FR%) is total people fatally shot / total people shot.

T-Shirts, Sweatshirts & Crap

Drunk Chalkie teeDrunk Chalkie is back to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The Drunk Chalkie tee can take whatever you throw at or up at it.

Brandon's Bodies 2024

Brandon’s Bodies

DateKilledWoundedFR%
9/23 - 3/12162044.4%

In conjunction with CWB Chicago’s “Brandon’s Bodies” series, the above illustrates Mayor Brandon Johnson’s decision to terminate the City’s relationship with ShotSpotter. Fatality rate (FR%) is total people fatally shot / total people shot.

Chicago Gender of Homicide Victim

2025 Gender of Victim

GenderKilledWounded
Male50148
Female1439
As of 3/1/25
Chicago Race of Homicide Murder Victim | 2025

2025 Race of Victim/Assailant

RaceVictimAssailant
Black4810
Hispanic121
White/Other4-
As of 3/1/25
Chicago Cause of Death Homicide Murder | 2025

2025 Cause of Death

CauseHomicides%
Gunshot5687.5%
Trauma46.3%
Stabbing23.1%
Auto11.6%
Maternal Death11.6%
As of 3/1/25

Substack, IG, X & Others

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Chicago police involved shootings | 2025

2025 Police-involved Shootings

YearKilledWounded
202522
Previous Year Totals
202436
202355
2022221
2021913
2020713
201966
2018615
20171112
20161114
2015916
20141728
20131330
2012849
20112337
20101333
20091942
CPD Shot--

2009-2012 stats account for on duty CPD incidents only. 2013-2025 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.

Chicago Self Defense shootings and homicides| 2025

2025 Self Defense

YearKilledWounded
202512
Previous Year Totals
2024819
2023815
2022916
202157
2020119
201969
2018414
2017138
20161210
201553
As of 2/5/25

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.

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Chicago age of shooting and homicide victims

2025 Age of Victim

CohortKilledWounded
Kids (0-12)12
Teens (13-17)29
Young Adults (18-35)2770
Middle Aged (36-54)1331
AARP (55+)42
Unknown26
As of 2/4/25
Chicago Multi-victim or mass shootings

2025 Mass Shootings

VictimsIncidentsKilled
5 shot1-
Hat Trick63
2 shot2515
As of 3/14/25
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.

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 Johnson2023-20241,039
Note: Lightfoot’s tally is 12p, May 20, 2019 – 11:59a, May 15, 2023. Brandon Johnson’s tally started at 12p, May 15, 2023.

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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.

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.