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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.
The intersections of North Ave, Damen and Milwaukee in 2010 in Wicker Park Wrigley Field, from which Wrigleyville gets its name, is home to the Chicago Cubs baseball team. There are 178 official neighborhoods in Chicago. [1] Neighborhood names and identities have evolved due to real estate development and changing demographics. [2]
[7] [8] [4] Gentrification in Humboldt Park, particularly on the east side of the neighborhood, began in the 1990s. Around the same time, Chicago Police modified its approach to gang related crime. [8] Gradually, crime began decreasing around the area, with the 2010s experiencing notably diminished violent crime levels, particularly on the east ...
According to the Chicago Tribune "Crime in Chicagoland" page, the Austin neighborhood ranked 11th out of 77 community areas in Chicago in violent crime, 25th among Chicago community areas in property crimes, and fifth out of 100 for quality-of-life crimes. [25]
At least 30 suspected gang members have been arrested by the Chicago Police Department between January 2023 and September of this year, the records show. Chicago cops have busted dozens of Tren de ...
The neighborhood's 21 murders in 2014 occurred at a rate of 116 per 100,000, giving this neighborhood the highest murder rate in Chicago. In a city that sees 2,000 shootings per annum, they occur in West Garfield Park at a rate of 411 per 100,000.
CHICAGO - An 18-year-old man has been charged in connection with a carjacking that occurred last month on the city’s Southwest Side.. The suspect, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime ...
The gang culture that brewed in the neighborhood during the 1950s and 1960s carried on for successive generations. The 1970s was a particularly tumultuous decade in Chicago for violent crime, and against Chicago Police officers [19] who faced some of the highest fatality rates in many decades, often as a result of gunfire. [20]