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Old 05-06-2010, 08:47 PM
 
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Tracking homicides in Chicago - RedEye | ChicagoNow

 
Old 05-06-2010, 08:48 PM
 
Location: Southwest Michigan/Miami Beach Miami
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What is going on Chicago??
 
Old 05-06-2010, 10:47 PM
 
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I honestly had no idea the crime there is that bad.
 
Old 05-07-2010, 07:29 AM
 
Location: Omaha, NE
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Wow. That's kind of crazy.
 
Old 05-07-2010, 07:37 AM
 
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Meh. Chicago hit 100 homicides around the same time last year. Homicides are down (so far) relative to 2008. We're down by 50% compared to the 1990s. Perhaps this is the beginning of a trend and things will spiral out of control, but there's not enough evidence for that yet. Chicago summers have always been violent.
 
Old 05-07-2010, 07:43 AM
 
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Congratulations!
 
Old 05-07-2010, 07:53 AM
 
Location: Oak Park, IL
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Another news flash! WATER IS WET!!!

Story at 11...
 
Old 05-07-2010, 08:14 AM
 
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That comes out to about 3.33 murders per 100,000 people.

Compare that to my hometown of Oakland(32 murders/ 430,000 people) which has a current murder rate of 7.44 per 100,000 or New Orleans( 76 murders/358,000 people) which has a current murder rate of 21.2 per 100,000.

Of Course its only May, but it could be much worse Chicago.
 
Old 05-07-2010, 08:29 AM
 
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From the blabber I posted in the Chicago forum (I'm bored at work )

Chicago has had 100 homicides by this point every year for the past 5 decades, but although the city has big issues with crime - it's actually been going down for almost 20 years now.

Chicago's murder rate is around middle of the pack as far as large cities. It's roughly similar to Houston, Phoenix, Dallas, etc since it hit its historic lows the past 5 years.

At least it's going in the right direction.

Violent Crimes:

1991: 90,522 Up from year before
1992: 84,261 down 7%
1994: 78,352 down 7%
1996: 67,498 down 14%
1998: 62,947 down 7%
1999: 50,524 down 20%
2000: 48,273 down 5%
2001: 46,685 down 3%
2002: 45,961 down 2%
2003: 39,575 down 14%
2004: 36,786 down 7%
2005: 36,207 down 2%
2006: 35,290 down 3%
2007: 35,021 down 1%
2008: 35,764 up 2%
2009: 33,486 down 6%

2010 through March; down 13% from same period in 2009.

Murder rate:

1992 rate: 33.9/100,000
2009 rate: 15.5/100,000

Violent Crime rate:

1992 rate: 3,251/100,000
2009 rate: 1,155/100,000

Like many places it's mostly in certain areas of town. The west and south sides for the most part.

If you look at district stats and populations in those districts, for the past 5 years around 75% of violent crime happens in areas with 25% of the city's population. Around 75% of the population lives in areas with 25% of the violent crime. The "safest" areas of the city are generally the most densely populated north side, and the northwest sides of the city.

It's very segregated as well.

City population:

Black: 35%
White: 32%
Hispanic: 28%
Asian: 5%

Murders:

Black: 77%
Hispanic: 20%
White/Asian: 3%

The police chief stated recently that this year, a large majority of the violent crime has happened in only 9% of the cities streets.

That's kinda why more isn't done, it's pretty sad. A majority of the killings are gang related, and are young black males. People just "let them go at it".

Last edited by Chicago60614; 05-07-2010 at 08:38 AM..
 
Old 05-07-2010, 09:02 AM
 
Location: Denver
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I honestly had no idea the crime there is that bad.
Doesn't Chicago get around 500 murders every year? We're nearly halfway through 2010 (wow)...so having 100 murders at this point shouldn't come as a surprise.

In other news, the stock market is absolutely raping us right now.
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