Homicides and shootings are falling fast in Chicago, but experts say deeper change is needed to close the gap with safer big ...

Violent crime, nationally and in major cities, is lower than 25 years ago. Marquette University criminal justice professor Theodore Lentz charted rates for violent crime – murder, rape and sexual ...

The Safe Gun Storage Act requires owners to keep weapons in a locked box around minors and at-risk individuals. Another bill ...

Two new gun laws were signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week, bringing changes to things like gun storage and ...

A steep decline in violent crime comes as President Trump amplifies concerns about crime, at times citing misleading ...

President Donald Trump is under pressure to release Justice Department files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, but he has shifted the focus ...

Data has not determined the impact of cashless bail on crime rates. But experts say it is incorrect to claim that there is an ...

Seven shootings, including two officer-involved incidents, occurred in Montgomery from Thursday to Monday. Police Chief James Graboys maintains that violent crime is down 28% compared to last year ...