Chicago Homicide

Chicago · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chicago police open data recorded 437 homicide incidents, 0.2% of all 239,507 incidents reported in the city that year and down 25.8% from 2024. That is about 16.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 365 homicide incidents have been published.

Homicide in Chicago by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)365——
202543716.1down 25.8%
202458921.6down 7.1%
202363423.3down 12.7%
202272626.7down 10.3%
202180929.7up 2.5%
202078929.0up 55.9%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 9,694 homicide incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)

  1. Austin 45 incidents
  2. South Shore 24 incidents
  3. Greater Grand Crossing 23 incidents
  4. Near West Side 20 incidents
  5. Auburn Gresham 19 incidents
  6. Humboldt Park 19 incidents
  7. North Lawndale 19 incidents
  8. Roseland 18 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many homicide incidents were reported in Chicago in 2025?

437, according to Chicago Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is homicide going up or down in Chicago?

Reported homicide was down 25.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 39.8% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Chicago Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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