There were 492 homicides in Chicago in 2019, down 13 percent from the previous year and down 38 percent from 2016, according to official statistics.
The number of shootings, while still high, has similarly decreased in recent years. In 2019, Chicago experienced 2,151 shootings, down 10 percent from the previous year and down 39 percent from 2016.
Notwithstanding the improvements, the city is still awash in a gun violence epidemic that has proved difficult to manage, and police department statistics help show the scale of the problem. The Chicago Police Department seized around 9,500 illegal guns in 2018, equivalent to more than one weapon every hour of the year. In 2019, Chicago police officers seized more than 10,800 illegal guns.
The city's slowly improving crime statistics mirror nationwide trends as well. Since 2016, the national murder rate has steadily declined and is now down to 5 murders per 100,000 people. The national violent crime rate, despite recent fluctuations hit its lowest level since 2014 last year, according to the FBI.
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