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Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
Chicago recorded about 70 anti-Jewish hate crimes this year, including vandalism and bomb threats, with West Ridge hit more than any neighborhood in the city.
West Ridge has supported the Democratic Party in the past three presidential elections, though relative support declined slightly from 2016 to 2020. In the 2020 presidential election , West Ridge cast 17,222 votes for Joe Biden (69.8%) and cast 7,281 votes for Donald Trump (28.9%). [ 9 ]
Chicago’s homicide victims in 2024 are often young, Black and male. Most homicide victims in Chicago died as the result of gunshot wounds. Sources: City of Chicago; Tribune reporting and archives
Superintendent Larry Snelling announced the city’s reduced violent-crime numbers for 2024 this week. Police reported an 8% reduction in homicides, a 7% reduction in shootings and a 4% reduction ...
Chicago: 1994-09-01: 11-year-old boy known as "Yummy" killed by fellow gang members out of fear he could become an informant: Murder of Eric Morse: Chicago: 1994-10-13: Five-year-old African-American boy dropped from a high-rise in the Ida B. Wells Homes by a 10- and 11-year-old boys: Murder of Karyn Hearn Slover: Decatur: 1996-09-27
In 2013, the violent crime rate was 910 per 100,000 people; [304] the murder rate was 10.4 per 100,000 – while high crime districts saw 38.9 murders, low crime districts saw 2.5 murders per 100,000. [305] Chicago has a long history of public corruption that regularly draws the attention of federal law enforcement and federal prosecutors. [306]
The diamond has not been recovered. Scalise and Rachel each got 15 years in jail in England for the crime. They were both released in 10 years. [195] February 10, 1983, Japanese, Chicago mob boss Ken Eto survived a Mafia hit and, then, testified in court against the Chicago Outfit, sending more than a dozen fellow mobsters and corrupt cops to ...