Chicago Data Sources

Data is critical to any policy writing project on gun violence or other crime in Chicago. There are several sources of this data within Chicago; below is a list of several of these sources. 

Firearms Access & Violence

• UChicago Urban Labs “Firearms Report” 
• City of Chicago Gun Crimes Heat Map
• Federal data on firearm access in Illinois: “Firearms Trace Data Illinois 2020”
• Chicago Police Department “Statistical Reports”
• Federal Bureau of Investigation “2019 Illinois Crime Statistics”  
• Gun Policy “Illinois Gun Facts, Figures and the Law” 
• General archive on mass shootings and other forms of gun violence in Gun Violence Archives

Police Use of Force

• Chicago Police “Use of Force Reports” 
• Invisible Institute “Open Police Data in Illinois”
• City of Chicago Use of Force Community Working Group 2020 Report  
• UIC Law Enforcement Epideology Project “Illinois Data on Police Shootings and Violence” 

Comparative Data 

• By county: The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence: Illinois 2019 Gun Deaths
• Everytown state-level comparison of Illinois gun violence statistics and laws
• Giffords state-level comparison of Illinois gun violence statistics
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention firearm mortality statistics