Rate of Homicides in Chicago per Community Area (January 2018 - January 2019)

The city of Chicago has been experiencing high homicide rates over the last couple of years, particularly in 2016 where there were 765 murders reported. The chart demonstrates the number of homicides reported in the city per community area. There were 607 homicides reported from January 2018 through January 2019.

Data acquired from the City of Chicago Data Portal was filtered to show the number of homicides reported from January 2018 through January 2019. *South Side totals are combined with homicide reports from the Far South East, South West, and Far South West community areas.