With an increase of approximately three years in the rear vision mirror, Chicago theft numbers fell to their lowest historical levels.
From September 2021 to June 2024, almost every month witnessed an annual theft. Pulling peaks in 1213 in August 2023. In July last year, the numbers began to decline. Every month since then has had a two -digit decrease in robbery from the previous year. The first three months of 2025 were the lowest number of robbery in any quarter decades.
Wesley c. Skogan, a political scientist from the Northwest University of North Western University who analyzes Chicago numbers: “You can see the Covid's effect on the crime.” “The robbery of the road, but the stealing of the streets went up.”
Skogan said that since the epidemic, it helped to return to more normal life in dealing with some problems.
“Schools are open. Violence is more common than they had before. Youth and recreational services have returned. The police are working on reasonable hours and their activity – stopping traffic, arrests, and fast tickets – was roaming toward the ordinary.”
Illinois defines the theft as taking property from someone using or threatening strength. Chicago data analyzed by WBEZ includes attempt to robbery and armed and unarmed accidents. Data also include Sarura, which has decreased more than 50 % this year.
Mayor Brandon Johnson reinforced the falling numbers to the “theft work squad” formed by the police administration last May.
“There is nothing more important to me than the safety and welfare of all our residents,” Johnson said of the work squad, as he and the mayors of Democrats were the American House of Representatives Committee on Immigration Policies.
A CPD spokesman refused to answer questions about the business squad, such as the number of officers who were appointed to it, or to detail any measures taken by the work squad that may have contributed to the decrease. In the past, the administration said that the work consists of “tasks and investigations on the ground” by investigators, patrol officers and policemen in combating terrorism. CPD reported in January that the work squad had resolved 158 cases related to theft and 12 theft patterns.
On Friday only, according to a press statement of the National Democratic Party, members of the Labor Squad, between the ages of 16 and 17, arrested “less than 20 minutes” after they stole three men at threats of weapons in the Logan Midal neighborhood.
During the 12 months that ended on March 31, more than three quarters of the Chicago community have achieved less robbery compared to the previous 12 months. There were discounts for more than 50 % in Avondale, Brighton Park, Dunning, Forest Glen, Hermosa, Hyde Park, Logan Square and Pilsen.
The only community areas with more than 10 % were Avalon Park, Burnside, Edgewateer, Fuller Park, Hegewisch, The Loop and Norwood Park. To a large extent, the largest initial number in that list belongs to the episode, which had 60 (21.6 %) of robbery compared to the previous 12 months.
For every 10,000 population, the highest theft rates from April 2024 to March 2025 were in Fuller Park (302), West Garfield Park (109), East Garfield Park (95), Englewood (93) and North Lawndale (92). However, all except Fuller Park was lower than the previous year.
Damian Morris, who heads a program to combat violence for the public, told ministries at East Garfield Park, that his team had noticed a while ago that the perpetrators of robbery, theft and attacks became younger.
Morris said that the team that he invented set the hot points of the crime and established the “pop -up windows” of the bulletin and talks on how to avoid robbery and theft.
“We have shared with men and women whose activities may seem very dangerous,” Morris said, referring to dice games in public places.
Rob to be among many forms of violent crimes that decreased in Chicago. The murders have decreased so far this year by approximately 24 % from the same period last year, according to the city's data.
The WBEZ crime analyst at New Orlez told this month that the violent crime in Chicago is part of the national direction.
Chip Mitchell reports for WBEZ Chicago on Police, Public Safety and Public Health. Follow him in Bluesky and X. Call him on CMITHHELLTLEZLZ.ORG.
