President Donald Trump has threatened for weeks to send National Guard troops to Chicago, claiming crime has transformed the city into a “killing field.” However, Chicago Police data shows violent crime is trending down as the city experiences one of its least violent summers in decades.
Trump said on Monday that “We’re going to be doing Chicago probably next,” after signing a presidential memorandum mobilizing federal law enforcement agents to join the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis.
Chicago’s violent crime is down double-digit percentage points so far in 2025 compared to 2024, according to a CBS News analysis of Chicago Police Department data. Domestic violence is down 5%, but it now is making up a bigger slice of Chicago’s overall violent crime, accounting for 26% of the city’s violent crime so far this year…