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Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
17-14026. FIPS code. 17-14026. Website. cityofchicagoheights.org. Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,480 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Its nicknames include "The Crossroads of the Nation", "The Heights", and “The Hill”.
The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Chicago Area and Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the Midwest, containing the City of Chicago along with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities. Encompassing 10,286 square mi (28,120 km 2), the metropolitan area ...
Homicides in Chicago skyrocketed in 2020, according to statistics released Friday by police. After three years of decline, the number of deadly shootings in Chicago last year spiked dramatically ...
Violent crime rates vary significantly by area of the city, with more economically developed areas having low rates, but other sections have much higher rates of crime. [297] In 2013, the violent crime rate was 910 per 100,000 people; [ 299 ] the murder rate was 10.4 per 100,000 – while high crime districts saw 38.9 murders, low crime ...
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Ford Heights (formerly East Chicago Heights) is a village and a suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,813 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Many of the area’s first settlers were African American and since its incorporation in 1949 the village has remained predominantly Black.
Stickney Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois.As of the 2020 census, its population was 41,514, [2] with approximately 71% of that total living in the city of Burbank (pop. 29,439).