Chicago’s gun violence falls to levels not seen in a decade

Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes

officers work on July 3, 2025, at the scene where four people were killed and 14 others were wounded in a shooting outside the Artis Restaurant and Lounge in Chicago's River North neighborhood. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Despite some headline-grabbing mayhem, Chicago’s gun violence fell to levels not seen in a decade in 2025, with a homicide total roughly half what it was just four years ago.