January Wrap-up
Breaking down the idiocy and reviewing the stupidity that was January 2023.
An above-average January in terms of temperatures and below-average in terms of snowfall resulted in the most average January we’ve recorded.
January 2023: 44 killed, 166 wounded
January 2022: 52 killed, 183 wounded
January 2021: 57 killed, 194 wounded
January 2020: 37 killed, 139 wounded
January 2019: 23 killed, 112 wounded
January 2018: 42 killed, 173 wounded
January 2017: 57 killed, 258 wounded
January 2016: 57 killed, 256 wounded
January 2015: 32 killed, 120 wounded
January 2014: 24 killed, 82 wounded
Average January: 43 killed, 167 wounded
A breakdown of the month’s idiocy shows:
41 shot & killed
2 stabbed
1 beaten
1 shot by police, fatal
4 shot in self defense, 0 fatally
2 mass shootings (9 shot, 3 fatally)
2 homicide-linked arrests
2 murder/suicides
A person shot every 3 hour 36 min
A homicide every 16 hours 55 min
13 homicide-free days
37 males killed vs 7 females
35 Blacks, 8 Hispanics, 1 White/Other
4 children 12 and younger shot, 1 fatally
54 teenagers shot, 6 fatally
Homicide age range: 9-77
Team Englewood led w/ 18 shot, 5 fatally
6th District led w/ 24 shot, 7 fatally
Expressway shootings: 1 shot, non-fatal
12 grazed
5 selfies
8 #ShotInTheAss
February always marks the low point of the year which may yield a “remarkable” decrease in the increase that can serve as a final “crime is down” declaration ahead of the election on the 28th. February is also heavily contingent on how the weather plays out – snow and/or cold tend to suppress turnout. As we’ve forecasted with most past Februarys, we’re looking for 40 homicides with another 125 shot and wounded. Things will heat up in March which is when Spring Training arrives and practice begins ahead of the annual Mostly Peaceful, Often Violent Summer of Joy.
January 2023 in the Rearview Mirror
Kicking Off 2023 With The Usual
Upon further review, the first person shot in 2023 officially clocked in at five minutes past midnight, followed by another at six past then eight past, and so on.
The Trend Continues
Related: our dataset says only two days of the Lightfoot era have gone shooting free, Nov 18, 2019 & Jan 7, 2020.
2022 Review
The Trib posted this ink-heavy headline a couple of days after recovering from their New Year's hangovers.
The reason for CWB’s smart-ass comment was the 2022 numbers seem to be larger than those of years past. Yes, homicides were down and that’s good, but everything else was up a lot, yet we’ve been told repeatedly that ‘crime is down’.
January Clown City Updates 🤡
Not a day goes by where something couldn’t qualify for inclusion into our Clown City Updates. Here are the ones we highlighted in January.
Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?
(No Cash) Tamales!
Let’s Not Do This Thing
You People
Ten Years of Tracking Chicago Values
If you missed our tenth-anniversary post, we're not only disappointed in you but we’d also like to reiterate that if it wasn't for your support we would have folded nine and half years ago. As always, many thanks to everyone who visited, liked, retweeted, emailed, hit the tip jar and/or picked up some tees or other crap this past year.
Thanks to @Purplehip312 on Twitter for crafting such a pretty header image.
If you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading. Our goal is to push out one long form post a week in addition to our regular stats focused posts. Thanks and remember “We don't want nobody nobody sent”.
Second in war,second in peace and first in mayhem
Looks like the hood rats have been on a rather long post hollar day staycation🤷🏼♂️. Betting that once they finish the colt45/weed ingestion, stuff will snap right back to murder Inc... just as it should be in the city that no longer works.