Despite horrific crime scenes like the deadly mass shooting in River North last week, violent crime is down in Chicago compared to last year.
Data tracked by CBS News Chicago shows aggravated assaults, aggravated batteries, arsons, burglaries, motor vehicle thefts, robberies, and homicides so far in 2025 are all down significantly compared to the same point in 2024.
Homicides are down more than 30%, aggravated assaults are down 16%, aggravated batteries are down 15%, arsons are down 26%, burglaries are down 21%, motor vehicle thefts are down 28%, and robberies are down 34%.
|
crime_category |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Aggravated Assault |
2090 |
2688 |
2821 |
2917 |
2871 |
2861 |
3293 |
3366 |
3617 |
3852 |
3221 |
|
Aggravated Battery |
3244 |
3768 |
3730 |
3525 |
3633 |
3738 |
3749 |
3437 |
3778 |
3904 |
3322 |
|
Arson |
199 |
254 |
236 |
167 |
163 |
268 |
250 |
189 |
250 |
250 |
186 |
|
Burglary |
5661 |
6165 |
6304 |
5424 |
4429 |
4514 |
2613 |
3472 |
3580 |
3645 |
2891 |
|
Criminal Sexual Assault |
885 |
944 |
988 |
982 |
947 |
764 |
842 |
900 |
914 |
849 |
838 |
|
Homicide |
216 |
333 |
333 |
264 |
246 |
342 |
341 |
325 |
312 |
274 |
189 |
|
Motor Vehicle Theft |
4695 |
5066 |
5504 |
4738 |
4354 |
4205 |
4483 |
6271 |
14509 |
10973 |
7848 |
|
Robbery |
4031 |
5139 |
5343 |
4586 |
3633 |
3471 |
3231 |
3864 |
4441 |
4432 |
2936 |
|
Theft |
26216 |
27955 |
29589 |
30070 |
28943 |
20718 |
17003 |
24216 |
26663 |
28264 |
27320 |
|
Total |
47237 |
52312 |
54848 |
52673 |
49219 |
40881 |
35805 |
46040 |
58064 |
56443 |
48751 |
“It’s a great sign that crime is going down. Obviously, we still have a lot of work to do,” Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said…