Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.

Delphine Cherry knows as well as anyone how intractable violent crime is in Chicago. In 1992, her teenage daughter was gunned down in one of the city's toniest neighborhoods — a bystander caught up in ...

President Donald Trump mocked local officials last month, calling Chicago a “war zone” after they touted a drop in crime that brought the safest summer the city had seen since 1965. Now, his ...

Crime in Chicago continues to decline, strengthening local leaders' narrative that President Trump is politically targeting the city with the federalization of the National Guard. Why it matters: ...

Findings could help inform efforts to boost safety and keep the public accurately informed A spatial analysis of crime in Chicago suggests that certain environmental and socioeconomic factors, such as ...

On a mild spring night in Chicago, a woman told her 18-year-old boyfriend she wanted money for a barbecue. He rounded up three teenage friends, each with a long criminal record, and, according to ...