Pritzker provided the committee with a five-page opening statement, in which he’ll highlight the state’s response to the ...

Illinois’ trend of increasing violent crime and decreasing property crime has been seen nationwide, according to data. A SafeWise study found that Illinois was the second-most worried state in ...

The Illinois secretary of state on Thursday asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department after learning that it violated state law by sharing data from automatic license-plate ...

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.

Nearly a dozen Illinois teenagers were slapped with felony ... men over the summer — reportedly as part of a social media trend, according to police. Some of the 11 teens involved — all ...

According to the FBI’s crime database, the increased number of incidents in Illinois follows a national trend that began following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. “We’re looking ...

Gun rights activists have asked the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Illinois’ ban on assault-style weapons and ...

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 ...

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), Illinois ranked fifth in the number ... To combat this trend, Shafer advised consumers to shop around and compare rates from different ...

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 ...