We have had multiple weeks of increases in crime that means more violence now than this time last year. The latest Chicago Police data shows crime is above last year in the most serious categories. Based on the official Chicago…
SubX.News® Street Report – April 6, 2026 From an empty downtown at rush hour to 12‑inch potholes, drug use outside gleaming nonprofits, and tents in “fancy” neighborhoods, a few hours drive on a Monday evening showed a city whose promises…
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…
SubX.News® Street Report April 3, 2026 Good Friday in Chicago played out on the streets as a running indictment of budgets, violence and faith. The day’s horror started early in the west suburbs. Just before 9 a.m. in Oak Park,…
SubX.News® Street Report April 2, 2026 Chicago looks calm on the surface. It isn’t. Late afternoon downtown Thursday is supposed to be packed. Instead, the center of the city feels hollow. Thursday’s route was simple: downtown at Stetson, west into…
SubX.News® Street Report April 1, 2026 On a spring afternoon, an 18‑year‑old on the Southside is executed, an eight‑year‑old is shot outside a strip mall. Same city. Same day. By nightfall the carnage is spinning through social media like serialized…
SubX.News® Street Report · March 31, 2026 Downtown Chicago keeps getting sold as the part of the city that’s working. The skyline is supposed to mean strength.The towers are supposed to mean money. The headlines tell people crime is down,…