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Washington Heights is in the Chicago Police Department's 22nd District, whose headquarters is in nearby Morgan Park. [65] Between November 2018 and November 2019 3,165 crimes were committed in Washington Heights, ranking it 32nd in crime; [66] 291 of the crimes were violent, ranking the community 29th in violent crime. [66]
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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’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
A 50-year-old Monee man was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in Chicago Heights that left one teen dead and another injured. Oronde Hardy, of the ...
1919 – Interested parties, including local businessmen and private citizens fed-up with rampant local thuggery and murder in the city formed the Chicago Crime Commission, founded by Chicago Attorney Frank J. Loesch. In the 1920s, he was the one to coin the term, "Public Enemy", concerning Chicago's organized crime figures.
Jewish community leaders in Chicago are calling for hate crime charges against a suspect accused of shooting a man who was walking to a synagogue before firing at police and emergency responders.
African-American organized crime figure known as "Robin Hood" shot after refusing to pay "street tax" to Chicago Outfit: Charles Gioe: Chicago: 1954-08-18: 1: Lieutenant in Chicago Outfit, shot by soldiers from a competing group: William Morris Bioff: 1955-11-04: 1: Chicago pimp killed in bombing: Roger Touhy: Chicago: 1959-12-16: 1