- In 2012, 532 people were murdered in the city of Chicago, according to statistics compiled by the Crime in Chicago website. The number of people murdered the year before was 441, meaning in the city of Chicago, murders have increased by 91 from 2011 to 2012.
The Chicago Police Department was not available to confirm these numbers today, which is New Year's Day.
The website also claims that, through December 25, 2012, there 2,670 people were shot in Chicago last year. That's also an increase from the year before, when 2,217 people were shot in Chicago that year.
That 532 seems higher than the "official" number, meaning someone is counting homicides that the CPD doesn't. Are the missing numbers all death investigations?
The "Crime in Chicago" website can be located here by the way.
The "Crime in Chicago" website can be located here by the way.