SubX.News® Crime Report – April 30, 2026
Chicago’s crime trend is no longer climbing — it’s holding at higher levels.
After weeks of increases, the latest data shows violence remaining above last year across key categories, even as short-term activity levels off.
What started as a sharp early-year drop has now fully reversed, and the numbers are no longer moving back down.
Week 17 reflects a shift from acceleration to stability — not a return to lower levels, but a sustained position above them.
📊 What Week 17 shows
Year-to-Date (YTD):
- Murders: +10% (128 vs. 116)
- Shooting incidents: +7% (413 vs. 385)
- Motor vehicle theft: +8% (5311 vs. 4900)
👉 Violence remains firmly above last year
Last 7 days:
- Murders: 0% (flat)
- Shooting incidents: 0% (flat)
👉 Weekly activity leveled off — but did not decline
Last 28 days:
- Murders: +65%
- Shooting incidents: +17%
- Motor vehicle theft: +2%
👉 The monthly trend is still strongly upward
🧠 What it means
The pattern that began in March is still intact:
Week 11 — drop stopped
Week 12 — acceleration
Week 13 — increase began
Week 14 — increase established
Week 15 — increase expanding
Week 16 — increase accelerating
Week 17 — increase holding
🔍 Key takeaway
The spikes may have slowed, but the trend has not reversed.
Violence is no longer dropping —
it is sitting at a higher level than last year.
💥 Closing
The increase didn’t fade.
It didn’t collapse.
It held.
🔗 Chicago Police Weekly Public Safety Reports (Weeks 11–17)
Week 17 (Apr 20–26, 2026)
https://chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_Public-Safety-Report-Public-Version-2026-Week-17.pdf
Week 16 (Apr 13–19, 2026)
https://chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_Public-Safety-Report-Public-Version-2026-Week-16.pdf
Week 15 (Apr 6–12, 2026)
https://chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_Public-Safety-Report-Public-Version-2026-Week-15.pdf
Week 14 (Mar 30–Apr 5, 2026)
https://chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_Public-Safety-Report-Public-Version-2026-Week-14.pdf
Week 13 (Mar 23–29, 2026)
https://chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_Public-Safety-Report-Public-Version-2026-Week-13.pdf
Week 12 (Mar 16–22, 2026)
https://chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_Public-Safety-Report-Public-Version-2026-Week-12.pdf
Week 11 (Mar 9–15, 2026)
https://chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_Public-Safety-Report-Public-Version-2026-Week-11.pdf
Chicago Police Department – Crime Statistics / Weekly Reports Hub
https://chicagopolice.org/statistics-data/crime-statistics/
Raw Data (City of Chicago Portal)
https://data.cityofchicago.org/Public-Safety/Crimes-2026/f6bk-yv3r
