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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 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.
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
Of the 29,260 violent crimes reported over the last 12 months, Chicago Police Department statistics show aggravated assault cases spiked the most at 6.4%, with Black residents being most under attack.
The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people. [1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City.
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At the turn of the 20th century, Chicago was the third-largest Czech city in the world, after Prague and Vienna. [30] There are approximately 14,000 Ukrainians living within the Chicago city limits. [31] Chicago has a small community of Swedish Americans, who make up 0.9% of Chicago's population and number at 23,990. [32]
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