Shootings and homicides across Chicago are each down more than 30% through the first half of 2025 compared to the same time last year after the city recorded its fewest homicides for any June in more than a decade.
According to data from the city and Chicago Police Department, total violent crime is down at least 22% thus far in 2025, while there have been 90 fewer homicides and more than 400 fewer shootings compared to last year.
Through the first half of 2025, the CPD recorded 188 homicides and 665 shootings, which mark declines of 32% and 39%, respectively. City data shows significant declines in other categories of violent crimes including carjackings (down 51%), robberies (down 32%), aggravated assaults (down 18%) and aggravated batteries (down 9%)…