By ASN News Editorial Desk
CHICAGO URBAN DAILY
CHICAGO (CHICAGO URBAN DAILY)— Chicago is on pace to do it again. New police figures show the city recorded 356 homicides through the end of October — 14 fewer than the same point last year, a year that closed with Chicago’s lowest homicide total in 60 years.
The numbers come from the Chicago Police Department, and they keep a remarkable run going. In 2025, the city counted 416 homicides — down from 587 the year before, and the lowest total since 1965.
The year did not start this way. Homicides ran as much as 8 percent above last year’s pace through April. Then the trend turned. August brought just 39 homicides, the fewest for that month in more than a decade. September had 31 — the fewest for any September since 2010. By the end of September, the year-to-date total sat 3 percent below 2025.
October kept the momentum. The 356 homicides through October 31 are also 154 fewer than the same stretch in 2024.
The decline is not the whole story. People shot in Chicago this year are still dying at a higher rate — and neighborhoods that have carried the heaviest burden for years are still waiting for the same relief the citywide numbers show. The progress is real, but it is not evenly felt.
Still, the direction is unmistakable: two straight years of historic lows is no accident. Chicago is safer than it was — and the city is watching whether the final two months of 2026 keep it that way.
Stay tuned to Chicago Urban Daily for the November numbers — and for what they mean in the neighborhoods still fighting for peace.
Reported by Chicago Urban Daily News. Visit chicagourbandailynews.com for updates.
