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In a city that sees 2,000 shootings per annum, they occur in West Garfield Park at a rate of 411 per 100,000. In 2016, the violence increased further, with a total of 31 murders, resulting in a murder rate of 172 per 100,000. Additionally, at least 172 people were shot during 2016, resulting in a shooting rate of 950 per 100,000 people. [7]
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.
K-Town is a nickname for an area in Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, and West Garfield Park [note 1] between Pulaski Road and Cicero Avenue in which the names of many north–south avenues begin with the letter K (Keystone, Karlov, Kedvale, Keeler, Kenneth, Kilbourn, Kildare, Kolin, Kolmar, Komensky, Kostner, Kilpatrick, Kenton, Knox, and Keating ...
A death investigation is underway after a teen was found fatally shot in Garfield Park Sunday evening, police said. The teen, 15, was discovered in a residence on the 3000 block of West Jackson ...
A 49-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting Sunday morning in the Garfield Park neighborhood, according to Chicago police. Police said a vehicle approached the man at 6:08 a.m. while he ...
Two people were killed and two others were injured, including a 7-year-old boy, after a Sunday afternoon shooting in Garfield Park, according to Chicago police. At about 2:32 p.m. an unknown ...
Burnside is one of the 77 community areas in Chicago.The 47th numbered area, it is located on the city's far south side. This area is also called "The Triangle" by locals, as it is bordered by railroad tracks on every side; the Canadian National Railway on the west, the Union Pacific Railroad on the south and the Norfolk Southern Railway on the east.
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