A violent Independence Day weekend has Chicagoans worried about violent crime, but it was a spike and not a trend. Crime is ...

The Cook County Criminal Justice Dashboard provides a new way for residents to access local criminal justice data ...

Uncover the hidden appeal of travel rooted in grief, resilience, and memory, where beauty fades and history demands to be ...

The city of Baltimore, which has often been used as a symbol in mainstream media for violent crime, hit a significant and ...

Evanston police report a significant drop in violent crime, marking over two years without a homicide and a 6.8% drop in ...

The city of Chicago saw a historic drop in homicides in the first half of the year, a trend that has largely been mirrored ...

A mass shooting in River North Wednesday night ripped off a scab on Chicago’s violence that was just beginning to form.

Fourteen people were injured and four were killed in a drive-by shooting outside a lounge in Chicago's River North ...

Seeking to identify long-term shifts in how the criminal justice system operates in Cook County, Loyola University ...

It’s the first time since 2014 that fewer than 200 killings were recorded in Chicago between January and June, data shows.

Chicago’s gun violence proved unrelenting in 2021, as the fear and unease many neighborhoods have long felt spread into wealthier, traditionally safer parts of the city.

Why is Chicago violence plummeting? Some credit street outreach workers. A reporter rides along to get an up-close look at the violence intervention work that aims to prevent retaliation in the ...