A 13-year-old boy was shot and injured on Chicago's Southwest Side early Sunday morning, police said. The boy was shot in his ...

A woman was killed and four men were wounded in separate violent incidents across Chicago overnight Thursday into Friday.

A Chicago man was charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a CTA employee last Thursday on the West Side.

Two teen boys were shot and injured by a gunman riding a motorcycle on Chicago’s South Side late Friday night.

Two teen suspects were charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl back in January on Chicago’s West ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered federal assistance to address crime in Chicago, urging the city's mayor or Illinois ...

Chicago is not always the Second City, it would seem. Instead, the city’s historic rivalry with New York City has taken a less-than-desirable turn. In a head-to-head crime data comparison with the ...

New data from the Chicago Police Department shows violent crime in the city is slightly up from the record lows of 2025. According to CPD there were 139 shootings and 43 homicides reported in June, ...

A former Chicago detective says the Windy City should look to a southern city where murders have plunged since the National Guard members moved in to find a way out of its crime crisis. Homicides in ...

There is an endless debate about crime, its causes and how to reduce it. Police forces face pressure to curtail aggressive patrolling, increasing the cautiousness of the police; consent decrees have ...