Officials in Manhattan and Chicago touted sharp drops in homicides in the first six months of 2025, compared to the same period last year.

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Data shows the city has seen 43 homicides in the first half of 2025 — a 19% drop compared to the same period last year.

Brevard homicides continue on downward trend, with the county seeing less than half of the incidents reported last year at ...

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For all the awful news filling our papers and screens on a daily basis, there is some very good news we would be remiss not to mention: Homicide rates in Chicago are dropping, and our city’s ...

The number of shootings (124) and victims (136) are also down 25% and 27%, respectively. These numbers put Chicago at the top of the list of 30 US cities with highest homicide rates in 2024.

Cities such as Champaign, Rockford and Peoria have seen homicide rates per 100,000 residents surge in recent years, close to or surpassing Chicago’s levels.

After chipping away at a persistently low homicide clearance rate, the number of murders solved by Chicago police has dropped in 2020, department officials said Monday. The drop — from 50.3% … ...

As Chicago officials laud a significant drop in homicides for the third straight year, other US cities enter 2020 combating rising murder rates.