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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: 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
English: Chicago homicide rate per 100,000 population, from 1870 to 2015. Data source 1870 to 1930 and 1931 and 1933 to 1959 FBI UCR reports. 1960 to 2014 from Chicago Police reports. 1932 from Annual Report of the Citizens' Association of Chicago December 1935 pg. 12, 1933 from Population from US Census.
Over the Labor Day weekend, thirteen people were shot dead, bringing the death toll in that city over 500 for the year. Chicago homicides climb over 500, deadliest year in two decades Skip to main ...
One calendar year was given to drinking establishments, breweries, etc., across the nation to close down. Drinking any alcohol was not, however, prohibited by the Eighteenth Amendment. [48] July 27, 1919 – A full-scale race riot began in Chicago, with accompanying arsons, lootings and murders.
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
Snelling cited a year-over-year reduction in robberies and said officers took 12,700 guns off the street. ... police in Chicago reported fewer than 600 murders for the first time since 2019 ...
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.