News UChicago's Crime Lab Report Examines Chicago's Deadly Year.

Crime Lab UChicago's Crime Lab Report Examines Chicago's Deadly Year

Chicago Tonight / January 18, 2017
By Alexandra Silets

The statistics are stark: 762 people were killed in Chicago last year, a 58-percent increase from 2015, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Chicago had more homicides than the two largest cities, New York and Los Angeles, combined. Searching for a reason behind the surge, the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab studied the data behind the violence. It’s new report gives context to Chicago’s deadly numbers, but few answers about why homicides increased so dramatically.

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18 January 2017

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