February To Date
Shot & Killed: 20
Shot & Wounded: 60
Total Shot: 80
Total Homicides: 20
February To Date
Shot & Killed: 20
Shot & Wounded: 60
Total Shot: 80
Total Homicides: 20
Last Week: 2/15 – 2/21 (vs WoW)
Shot & Killed: 5 (+25%)
Shot & Wounded: 19 (+46%)
Total Shot: 24 (+41%)
Total Homicides: 5 (+25%)
Year to Date
Shot & Killed: 47
Shot & Wounded: 163
Total Shot: 210
Total Homicides: 51
97 years ago today seven members and associates of Bugs Moran’s North Side Gang were gunned down in a garage at 2122 N. Clark St. in Lincoln Park.
“These murders went out of the comprehension of a civilized city, the butchering of seven men by open daylight raises this question for Chicago: Is it helpless?” – Chicago Tribune, February 16th, 1929
Aside from being better dressed, not much has changed in the subsequent 97 years. As of today, we’ve already recorded 45 homicides this year, which nearly 7 times more than what the original massacre tallied. In 2025, we tallied the equivalent 62 St. Valentine’s Day Massacres which is half of the 122 massacres in 2021. See? Crime is down.
We don’t have a lot of real estate here to go into details, so head on over to our Substack and read more about St. Valentine’s Day events as well as how 1920s crime stats compare to today’s.
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| Placement | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| head | 13 | 4 |
| back | 5 | 10 |
| chest | 5 | 2 |
| abdomen | 3 | 12 |
| face | 3 | 4 |
| neck | 2 | 5 |
| side | 1 | 3 |
| other/unknown | 15 | 170 |
| As of 2/23/26 |
*Shot placement is not always reported. Chalkie shows general placement whereas the table shows exact placement by worst wound reported.
| N'hood | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 5 | 15 |
| Englewood | 3 | 11 |
| South Shore | 2 | 11 |
| Auburn Gresham | 3 | 8 |
| Garfield Park | 5 | 6 |
| Humboldt Park | 1 | 9 |
| North Lawndale | 2 | 7 |
| Roseland | 3 | 5 |
| New City | - | 7 |
| Chatham | 1 | 5 |
| Gage Park | 2 | 4 |
| Near West Side | 3 | 3 |
| Ashburn | - | 5 |
| Brighton Park | 1 | 4 |
| Chicago Lawn | 1 | 4 |
| All Others | 19 | 59 |
| As of 2/23/26 |
| Year | Homicides | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | 185 |
| 2024 | 69 | 258 |
| 2023 | 90 | 282 |
| 2022 | 97 | 310 |
| 2021 | 98 | 345 |
| 2020 | 75 | 272 |
| 2019 | 49 | 220 |
| 2018 | 84 | 290 |
| 2017 | 108 | 423 |
| 2016 | 103 | 402 |
Previous year data is reflective of current month-end totals.
| Year | Killed | Wounded | Total | FR% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 103 | 131 | 21.4% |
| 2025 | 38 | 109 | 147 | 25.9% |
| 2024 | 29 | 122 | 151 | 19.2% |
| 2023 | 41 | 166 | 207 | 19.8% |
| 2022 | 50 | 183 | 233 | 21.5% |
| 2021 | 56 | 194 | 250 | 22.4% |
| 2020 | 30 | 139 | 169 | 17.8% |
| 2019 | 20 | 112 | 132 | 15.2% |
| As of 2/1/26 | ||||
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| Date | Killed | Wounded | FR% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/23/24 - 2/21/26 | 43 | 35 | 55.1% |
In conjunction with CWB Chicago’s “Brandon’s Bodies” series, the above illustrates Mayor Brandon Johnson’s decision to terminate the City’s relationship with ShotSpotter. Fatality rate (FR%) is total people fatally shot / total people shot.
| Gender | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 24 | 85 |
| Female | 7 | 19 |
| As of 2/1/26 |
| Race | Killed | Wounded | Assailant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 30 | 97 | 6 |
| Hispanic | 10 | 27 | 2 |
| White/Other | 2 | 1 | - |
| Unknown | - | 7 | - |
| As of 2/10/26 |
| Cause | Homicides | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gunshot | 28 | 90.4% |
| Stabbing | 1 | 3.2% |
| Strangulation | 1 | 3.2% |
| Trauma | 1 | 3.2% |
| As of 2/1/26 |
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| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | - | 1 |
| Previous Year Totals | ||
| 2025 | 8 | 14 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 21 |
| 2021 | 9 | 13 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15 |
| 2017 | 11 | 12 |
| 2016 | 11 | 14 |
| 2015 | 9 | 16 |
| 2014 | 17 | 28 |
| 2013 | 13 | 30 |
| 2012 | 8 | 49 |
| 2011 | 23 | 37 |
| 2010 | 13 | 33 |
| 2009 | 19 | 42 |
| CPD Shot | - | - |
| Year | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | - | 1 |
| Previous Year Totals | ||
| 2025 | 4 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 19 |
| 2023 | 8 | 15 |
| 2022 | 9 | 16 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 4 | 14 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8 |
| 2016 | 12 | 10 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| As of 1/27/26 | ||
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| Cohort | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|
| Kids (0-12) | - | 1 |
| Teens (13-17) | 2 | 9 |
| Young Adults (18-35) | 14 | 64 |
| Middle Aged (36-54) | 14 | 19 |
| AARP (55+) | 1 | 7 |
| Unknown | - | 5 |
| As of 2/1/26 |
| Victims | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Hat Trick | 5 | 4 |
| 2 shot | 15 | 3 |
| As of 2/3/26 |
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| Mayor | Term | Homicides |
|---|---|---|
| Richard J. Daley | 1955-1976 | 10,910 |
| Michael Bilandic | 1976-1979 | 2,408 |
| Jane Byrne | 1979-1983 | 3,202 |
| Harold Washington | 1983-1987 | 3,295 |
| Eugene Sawyer | 1987-1989 | 978 |
| Richard M. Daley | 1989-2011 | 14,653 |
| Rahm Emanuel | 2011-2019 | 4,535 |
| Lori Lightfoot | 2019-2023 | 2,958 |
| Brandon Johnson | 2023-Dec25 | 1,473 |
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We compile our own dataset using the following sources: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Homicide Watch Chicago (no longer updated), DNAInfo Chicago (out of business), Chicago Redeye Homicide Tracker (long gone), NBC5 Chicago, Chicago Tribune’s Shooting Tracker (no longer updated) & Homicide Tracker (declared dead), Sun-Times Homicide Tracker, Cook County Medical Examiner, CPD’s Historical Data Set, City of Chicago Data Portal, Chicago Police Department Arrest Record Search, CPD CLEARMAP, Various CPD Dashboards, ISP Expressway Shooting Dashboard, CPD’s Media Major Incident Notifications and the needlessly woke Chicago Violence Reduction Dashboard.
Community areas and neighborhoods are determined by Crimeisdown.com’s most excellent Incident Map or the Chicago Tribune’s Boundaries App.
Editor’s note: All murders are homicides, but not all homicides are murders. We count homicides, whereas the CPD counts murders. A homicide, or a non-fatal shooting, regardless of type or by whom, within the city limits of Chicago counts towards our total metric, including anything on the expressways. CPD-involved, ISP-involved and justifiable homicides all count. Reckless homicides may count if the Medical Examiner rules that the cause of death was a homicide. Suicides do not count. Additional definitions can be found on the Glossary page.
All statistics, metrics, charts, graphs and other visualizations are preliminary based on the data available at the time. All incidents are subject to further analysis or change.
