The murder rate in Chicago increased in 2020. Possible causes include the stresses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, economic decline, and a drop off in aggressive policing resulting from anger over police brutality, and citizen distrust of the police.
The graphics below indicates homicides in the City of Chicago. The graphics are from the website below - a controversial but interesting site.
The US Murder rate had been declining for a number of years, as shown by the graph below:
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