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* Our Story * Your Story * Policy Research * Budget + Tax * Jobs + Growth * Good Government * Labor * Pensions * Education * Criminal Justice * Center for Poverty Solutions * Take Action Donate Illinois’ comeback story starts here. instagram-white facebook twitter youtube * Home * Our Story * Leadership * Staff * Senior Fellows * Jobs * Annual Reports * Your Story * Take Action * Lawmakers * Contact Your Rep * Join the Fight * Policy Research * Center for Poverty Solutions * Budget + Tax * Criminal Justice * Education * Good Government * Jobs + Growth * Labor * Pensions * Reports * Cartoons * Press Releases * Policy Shop * FAQs * Contact * Newsletter Signup * Donate * Privacy Policy instagram-white facebook twitter youtube CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1 IN 3 CHICAGO VIOLENT CRIMES IS A ROBBERY, UP 21% IN A YEAR 1 IN 3 CHICAGO VIOLENT CRIMES IS A ROBBERY, UP 21% IN A YEAR Chicagoans reported 7.6% more violent crime from July 2023 through June 2024. Residents experienced a 21% increase in robberies during those 12 months, with robberies becoming one-third of all violent crimes. By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko REPORTS POLICE UNION CONTRACTS HINDER DISCIPLINE IN ILLINOIS’ BIGGEST CITIES HOW ILLINOIS’ COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RULES PROTECT POLICE MISCONDUCT ILLINOIS RED-LIGHT CAMERAS HAVE COLLECTED MORE THAN $1B FROM DRIVERS SINCE 2008 ASSET FORFEITURE IN ILLINOIS: WHAT IT IS, WHERE IT HAPPENS, AND REFORMS THE STATE NEEDS MAJORITY OF ILLINOISANS SUPPORT CRIMINAL-JUSTICE REFORM SEE MORE VALLAS: 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHICAGO CRIME TODAY VALLAS: 10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHICAGO CRIME TODAY Independence Day weekend was bloody in Chicago. City leaders are doing little other than pointing fingers. Here are 10 things Chicagoans should know about the current crime problem. By Paul Vallas CHICAGO VIOLENT CRIME UP 8% THROUGH MAY, SPURRED BY SPIKE IN ROBBERIES CHICAGO VIOLENT CRIME UP 8% THROUGH MAY, SPURRED BY SPIKE IN ROBBERIES Chicagoans reported 7.8% more violent crime from June 2023 through May 2024, led primarily by a spike in robberies. West and South Side residents bore the brunt of the increase as arrest rates continued to decline. By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko FORMER ALD. ED BURKE SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS FOR RACKETEERING, BRIBERY FORMER ALD. ED BURKE SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS FOR RACKETEERING, BRIBERY Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, once the longest-serving member of the city council, was sentenced to two years in prison and pay a $2 million fine. By Dylan Sharkey BLACK CHICAGOANS 20X LIKELIER TO BE HOMICIDE VICTIMS; ARREST RATE HITS RECORD LOW BLACK CHICAGOANS 20X LIKELIER TO BE HOMICIDE VICTIMS; ARREST RATE HITS RECORD LOW Black Chicagoans were over 20 times more likely to become homicide victims during the past 12 months than their white peers, with 9-in-10 homicides on the South Side and West Side. Hopes of catching killers hit a new low. By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko THE POLICY SHOP: IN CHICAGO, VIOLENT CRIME GOES UP AS ARRESTS GO DOWN THE POLICY SHOP: IN CHICAGO, VIOLENT CRIME GOES UP AS ARRESTS GO DOWN This episode of The Policy Shop is by staff writer Patrick Andriesen and data scientist Jon Josko. Two recent measures of Chicago crime yielded a disturbing theme: Crimes are getting more violent; police are making fewer arrests. One of those crimes, a carjacking, left a Chicago Police officer dead. Officer Luis Huesca was shot 10... CHICAGO CRIME: ASSAULTS UP 6.7% PAST 12 MONTHS, MORE VIOLENT CHICAGO CRIME: ASSAULTS UP 6.7% PAST 12 MONTHS, MORE VIOLENT Assaults were up 6.7% for the 12 months ending in April as confrontations became more violent. Black Chicagoans were more than 5 times more likely to be assault victims than their white counterparts. By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko VALLAS: IT’S TIME FOR A CHICAGO NUISANCE ORDINANCE VALLAS: IT’S TIME FOR A CHICAGO NUISANCE ORDINANCE Whether college protest encampments or political convention agitators, Chicago needs a way to penalize the few who disrupt life for the rest of us. A nuisance ordinance would do that. By Paul Vallas CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER’S MURDER UNDERSCORES CARJACKING, CAR THEFT SURGE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER’S MURDER UNDERSCORES CARJACKING, CAR THEFT SURGE Chicagoans reported 2,619 fewer vehicle thefts during the first four months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, but cases remain more than double what they were just a few years ago as arrests remain low. One carjacking took a police officer’s life. By Patrick Andriesen, Jon Josko THE POLICY SHOP: CHICAGOLAND’S RED-LIGHT CAMERA CON THE POLICY SHOP: CHICAGOLAND’S RED-LIGHT CAMERA CON This episode of The Policy Shop is by staff writer Patrick Andriesen Ninety Illinois communities have decided they could use some extra revenue, so they let red-light camera companies install devices that from 2008 through last year issued $1.56 billion in tickets. At least 527 red-light cameras were in operation by 2022 after the state... VALLAS: MAYOR JOHNSON’S 1ST YEAR DELIVERS THE MAYHEM HE PROMISED VALLAS: MAYOR JOHNSON’S 1ST YEAR DELIVERS THE MAYHEM HE PROMISED Mayor Brandon Johnson hits the one-year mark May 15, showing voters he is exactly who he said he was. That’s turning out to be bad for Chicago. Here’s how. By Paul Vallas RED-LIGHT CAMERAS TAKE ANOTHER $500M FROM ILLINOIS DRIVERS IN 5 YEARS RED-LIGHT CAMERAS TAKE ANOTHER $500M FROM ILLINOIS DRIVERS IN 5 YEARS Local governments generated $500 million from red-light camera tickets since 2019, with Chicago alone collecting $223.8 million. Total since 2008: $1.56 billion. By Patrick Andriesen LOAD MORE Chicago Office | Illinois Policy 300 S. 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