Monthly Trend

	Homicides	Wounded
Jan	32	120
Feb	20	59
Mar	35	179
Apr	37	204
May	50	281
Jun	51	244
Jul	58	271
Aug	56	307
Sep	63	303
Oct	31	203
Nov	37	165
Dec	40	212

Shot Placement

Placement	Killed	Wounded
head	127	99
chest	109	135
back	54	256
abdomen	32	159
side	20	50
face	9	68
neck	8	54
shoulder	4	107
other	6	1521
		As of 12/31/15

Chicago Shot Clock

Deadliest ‘hoods

Neighborhood	Homicides	Wounded	Total
Englewood	40	299	339
Austin	53	223	276
Garfield Park	30	191	221
Humboldt Park	20	112	132
Roseland	21	100	121
New City	18	102	120
North Lawndale	25	92	117
Chicago Lawn	10	101	111
Auburn Gresham	13	93	106
South Shore	17	85	102
Grand Crossing	19	72	91
Chatham	20	60	80
West Pullman	14	66	80
South Chicago	14	53	67
Woodlawn	6	59	65
All Others	179	839	1018
		As of 12/31/15

Yearly Homicide Trend

Police-involved Shootings

Year	Killed	Wounded
2016	11	14
2015	9	16
2014	17	28
2013	13	30
2012	8	49
2011	23	37
2010	13	33
2009	19	42
2016 POs	-	9

2009-2012 stats account for CPD incidents only. 2013-2015 may include other police forces within Chicago, such as the Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriff or various 3 lettered federal agencies. Historical data pulled from Independent Police Review Authority.

Cause of Death

Cause	Homicides	%
Gunshot	444	88.1%
Stabbing	28	5.6%
Trauma	11	2.2%
Asphyxiation	9	1.8%
Auto	5	1.0%
Child Abuse	3	0.6%
Assault	3	0.6%
Arson	1	0.2%
		As of 2/17/16

Race of Victim/Assailant

Race	Victim	Assailant
Black	401	94
Hispanic	81	20
White/Other	20	10
Police	-	9
Unknown	4	-
		As of 2/17/16

*Victim metrics only include homicides. Assailant metrics only account for those incidents where either an arrest has been made, part of a murder/suicide, self defense or if it involved the police.

Gender of Victim

Gender	Killed	Wounded
Male	455	2280
Female	50	271
Unknown	1	1
		As of 2/17/16

The Cost of Stupidity

*Costs assume the following:

• $55,000: Average gunshot victim ER and hospital expenses.
• $1000: Average CFD ambulance ride, only applicable to 80% of victims, rest self-transport.
• $800: Homicide-related autopsies.
• Doesn’t include hospice care or ongoing rehabilitation.

Cost estimates provided by Chicago Killings Cost $2.5 Billion.

Homicide Clearance Rate

Legal Outcome	Homicides
No Suspect Charged	360
Suspect Charged	123
Police-Involved	9
Murder/Suicide	7
Self-Defense	5

The clearance rate is a calculation of Total Homicide Suspects Charged/(Total Homicides – Police involved – Self Defense – Murder/Suicides). Regardless of how many people are charged in relation to a single homicide, it’s only counted as one suspect for calculation purposes. The rate has nothing to do with criminal proceedings and convictions (or lack thereof).

Murder Matrix

Multi-victim Shootings

# of Victims	# of Incidents	# Killed
6 shot	1	1
5 shot	7	6
4 shot	10	5
Hat Trick	77	28
2 shot	320	91
		As of 1/1/16

Shot-in-the-Ass-O-Meter

Selfie-O-Meter

A “selfie” is an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound or occasionally referred to as a “negligent discharge”. Metric doesn’t include suicides or suicide attempts.

Death Investigations

A death investigation is the process whereby the CPD seeks to understand how and why a person died, typically under suspicious circumstances, but has NOT officially declared the incident a homicide.

Shot-in-the-Junk-O-Meter

No Hitters

Dates without a reported shooting or homicide: 1/7, 1/12, 1/15, 2/5, 2/18, 2/24 and 2/28.