Four people were shot Sunday afternoon on the city's West Side.The shooting happened around 12:18 p.m. in the 4900 block of West Ferdinand Street in South Austin, Chicago police said.ABC7 Chicago is ...

Shaniqua Kinnard was granted a protective order last year after accusing Jarve Toms-Dixon of tormenting and attacking her ...

While national rhetoric leans on fear and force, mayors in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, and Birmingham are reducing ...

In Chicago, a year of fewer shootings and murders but little sense of being safer “We have a much longer way to go,” says Susan Lee, the former deputy mayor for public safety who was the ...

Fox News analyst transforms grief into action after his brother's murder with new book, offering a reward and establishing ...

Violent crime down this Memorial Day weekend in Chicago compared with last year The City of Chicago's safety plan was put to the test this Memorial Day, and it appeared to be passing late in the ...

Chicago has both public safety and public perception problems. Many Americans equate the Windy City with gun violence, gang activity and violent crime. The city must improve its national ...

Chicagoans are a diverse and feisty bunch, but these days, we are all concerned about crime and public safety. Violent crime is the grave, existential quandary facing cities across the nation. And ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has released a $100 million summer safety plan that includes increased funding and resources, but a former federal prosecutor and public safety expert h… ...

The Chicago Public Safety DataHub will track the most recent data on violent crime in Chicago and allow users to compare it ...

The gap drives how Chicagoans perceive safety in the city, write two UChicago Crime Lab experts.

Chicago saw fewer than 600 murders in 2024 for the 1st time since 2019; shootings and carjackings were also down.