Weekly brief

Mar 17–23, 2025

Complete

Summary

22 people were shot in Chicago Mar 17–23, 2025, and 6 died; the most were in West Garfield Park (4). Same week last year: 33 shot, 2 died.

Key numbers

22
people shot
16
lived
6
died
372
assaults

10 homicide victims (all causes) and 45 sexual assaults in the same week.

Top 5 areas

  1. West Garfield Park4 shot · 0 fatal
  2. West Englewood2 shot · 2 fatal
  3. Gage Park2 shot · 1 fatal
  4. Austin2 shot · 0 fatal
  5. Chicago Lawn2 shot · 0 fatal
How it compares
  • The week before (Mar 10–16, 2025): 42 shot, 7 died. That is 20 fewer people shot this week.
  • Same week last year (Mar 18–24, 2024): 33 shot, 2 died. That is 11 fewer people shot this week.
  • Average of the 4 weeks before: 29.3 people shot per week.
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