The author (right) with his brother, Christian, who was tragically shot dead in June this year by an unidentified assailant — another victim of Chicago’s crime wave. Illinois officials ...

Both shootings are being investigated, but the Chief Russell Idle said, they don’t represent a crime wave ... play a role in the crime rate. In Illinois, the no cash bail law also has ...

You would think that maybe this would result in more conversations about gun control or city crime rates ... number of Latin American immigrants in Illinois in 1990 was 358,619, according to ...

Roughly one year after Illinois eliminated cash bail, the state has reported far fewer arrests, and violent and property crime rates are trending down. One year ago, the state began opting for ...

Ten years ago this month, Illinois voters approved the Illinois Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights. Informally called Marsy’s Law for Illinois, the amendment to the state’s constitution expanded ...

Illinois bucked those trends last year, with hate crime reports falling from 346 to 319, according to the FBI. But that dip followed a massive surge, from 56 in 2020 and 98 in 2021, to 346 in 2022.

Dozens of cities across Illinois implement so-called “crime-free housing” laws to evict renters over minor offenses. In some cases, evicted renters were never charged with crimes or convicted.

In some Illinois cities, shoplifting, calling 911 too many times or even being a victim of a crime can get you kicked out of your home. By Sidnee King Pineda Photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis ...