Crime and Public Safety

Chicago homicides in 2026: Here’s how the numbers compare with previous years

October 5, 2026 at 9:48 a.m.

Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Oct. 3, 2026.

October 5, 2026 at 7:37 a.m.

Authorities have accused a 48-year-old woman of stabbing a 7-year-old girl to death, unprovoked, on...

October 5, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 5, 2018, a jury in Chicago convicted white police officer Jason Van Dyke of...

October 4, 2026 at 3:14 p.m.

The officer was driving in the 2600 block of West 24th Street when he stopped...

October 4, 2026 at 11:10 a.m.

Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four...

October 3, 2026 at 7:53 p.m.

Anthony Nunnally, 21, who is already facing separate first-degree murder charges for two teenage girls...

October 3, 2026 at 7:10 p.m.

A woman is in police custody Saturday after bystanders saw her fatally stab a 7-year-old...

October 3, 2026 at 2:01 p.m.

The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday, the first...

October 4, 2026 at 2:51 p.m.

Mohammad Abuhashish, 34, was found fatally shot Thursday night inside a Portage Park smoke shop.

October 3, 2026 at 11:13 a.m.

An intense, public outcry over a woman's account of being gang-raped at a Cornell University...