SubX.News® Crime Report
2026 is no longer tracking below recent years — it is moving back toward them. The early gap that made it look like crime was “down” has been erased week by week.
The same pattern seen in the weekly data — from decline, to acceleration, to increase — is now visible in the totals.
Not a one-week spike — a directional shift.
The chart shows where Chicago stands right now compared to the same point in previous years.
Each bar represents how many people had already been killed and wounded by this time in the year, allowing a direct comparison across years.
At the start of 2026, crime appeared sharply down. Murders and shootings were significantly below 2025 levels, creating the impression of a major decline.
The decline didn’t hold.
Week 12, the data showed crime accelerating upward.
Week 13, that acceleration crossed into increase, with shootings now above last year and multiple categories no longer down.
Now the totals reflect that shift.
2026 Total Shot Trend … Violence is becoming more lethal in Chicago as of 3/31/26
Year – Killed – Wounded – Total – FR%
2026 – 93 – 292 – 385 – 24.2%
2025 – 91 – 282 – 373 – 24.4%
2024 – 112 – 419 – 531 – 21.1%
2023 – 122 – 425 – 547 – 22.3%
2022 – 125 – 503 – 628 – 19.9%
2021 – 140 – 600 – 740 – 18.9%
2020 – 96 – 431 – 527 – 18.2%
2019 – 74 – 356 – 430 – 17.2%
All years counted through date shown at the bottom of the table. Fatality rate (FR%) is total people fatally shot/total people shot
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Mostly Hol(e)y Weekend by Hey Jackass
Years ago some had called for and tried “Thou Shalt Not Murder” Easter Sunday which unsurprisingly didn’t work out as planned.
This Easter, the apparent plan is to let cooler temps with some precipitation do its thing by tamping down on the violence and wildings teen mobs teen trends “large gatherings”.
Final Hol(e)y Tally: 3 killed, 9 wounded
2025 weekend tally: 1 killed, 18 wounded
2024 weekend tally: 2 killed, 21 wounded
2023 weekend tally: 5 killed, 18 wounded
2022 weekend tally: 6 killed, 24 wounded
2021 weekend tally: 4 killed, 29 wounded
2020 weekend tally: 4 killed, 19 wounded
2019 weekend tally: 5 killed, 18 wounded
2018 weekend tally: 2 killed, 10 wounded
2017 weekend tally: 2 killed, 44 wounded
2016 weekend tally: 3 killed, 33 wounded
2015 weekend tally: 6 killed, 31 wounded
Average tally: 4 killed, 24 wounded
Good Friday
2:50p 6600 S Oakley, Chicago Lawn, M/16
Hol(e)y Saturday
2:25a 200 N Washtenaw, Garfield Park, M/31
4:05a 6400 S King, Grand Crossing, M/16
7:20p 300 E 43rd, Grand Boulevard, M/15
8:20p 5100 S Kostner, Archer Heights, M/18
11:40p 5100 W Chicago, Austin, M/34 (H)
Easter Sunday
12:00a 5200 W North, Austin, M/49
12:50a 9200 S Green, Stabbing M/30 (H)
5:10a Walk-in @ Stitch-N-Go, M/39
12:45p 200 N Pine, Austin, M/42
9:00p 300 E 134th, Riverdale, M/34
Wrong Place, Wrong Time Monday
1:30a 2200 E 103rd Home Invader Killed M/? (H)
Key:
homicide (H)
Weekend = 12p Friday – 6a Monday
https://heyjackass.com/enlightening-commentary/mostly-holey-weekend-5/
Sources:
2026 Year To Date Totals
Posted on April 5, 2026
@w_h_thompson
2026 Homicide Trend
Posted on April 1, 2026
https://heyjackass.com/2026-homicide-trend/
Week 12 Public Safety Report
https://chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_Public-Safety-Report-Public-Version-2026-Week-12.pdf
Week 13 Public Safety Report
https://chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_Public-Safety-Report-Public-Version-2026-Week-13.pdf
Chicago Police Data Portal
https://chicagopolice.org/data-statistics/
