{"id":1406986,"date":"2023-08-17T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1406986"},"modified":"2023-08-17T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T01:00:00","slug":"spree-of-robberies-car-thefts-drive-chicago-crime-to-new-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/spree-of-robberies-car-thefts-drive-chicago-crime-to-new-highs\/1406986\/","title":{"rendered":"Spree Of Robberies, Car Thefts Drive Chicago Crime To New Highs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spree Of Robberies, Car Thefts Drive Chicago Crime To New Highs <\/span><\/p>\n

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By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In the span of just two days in early August, a crew of armed robbers <\/span>hit Chicago\u2019s Logan Square<\/span><\/a> 19 separate times. That crew helped spike robberies 49% in Chicago last month compared to the same period a year ago. In the South Loop, hundreds of youth mobbed, looted and trashed a 7-Eleven, resulting in 40 arrests, all part of an increase in Chicago \u201cteen takeovers.\u201d And <\/span>car thefts<\/span><\/a>, after jumping dramatically in 2022, are up yet again this year by more than 100 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chicago\u2019s crime wave is still on the move nearly two-thirds of the way through 2023. The number of total major crimes committed in the city through July is 34 percent higher than the same period in 2022, which in turn was 33 percent higher than in 2021, according to the <\/span>city\u2019s crime data portal<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2023\u2019s crimes are following the same path as in years past, but at a much higher level than before. Each month, about 1,600 more major crimes \u2013 including homicides, criminal sexual assaults, robberies, burglaries, major thefts, aggravated batteries and motor vehicle thefts \u2013 are committed in Chicago compared to 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Media might celebrate the fact that murders are down slightly this year, but the news isn\u2019t as good as it sounds. Murders are dropping much faster in the nation\u2019s biggest cities. And even then, every one of the other six major crimes are up (burglaries, barely). Robberies are up 18%, Aggravated Batteries are up 9% and Theft Over $500 is up 10% \u2013\u00a0not to mention the 113% increase in car thefts.<\/span><\/p>\n

A few months ago, Wirepoints warned that <\/span>\u201cdeterrence\u201d policies<\/span><\/a> were needed immediately to bring crime down. Unfortunately, deterrence hasn\u2019t happened. If anything, Mayor Brandon Johnson\u2019s <\/span>rhetoric<\/span><\/a> has likely contributed to Chicago\u2019s ongoing criminal activity. His \u201c<\/span>kids being silly<\/span><\/a>\u201d defense back in April and July\u2019s <\/span>\u201cnot baby Al Capones,\u201d<\/span><\/a> push back, coupled with his <\/span>longer history<\/span><\/a> of other criminal justice comments, are the opposite of the attitude Chicago needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the latest facts about Chicago crime:<\/span><\/p>\n

Robberies and motor vehicle thefts are large drivers of Chicago\u2019s crime surge. The latest <\/span>CPD Compstat data<\/span><\/a> YTD through August 13 shows robberies are running 20 percent higher compared to last year and car-thefts are up by nearly 110 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robberies blew up in July and August due to a spree of activity by Chicago\u2019s criminals, many of which made the news:<\/span><\/p>\n

A criminal group <\/span>committed 62 armed robberies<\/span><\/a> across the city in early July. <\/span>\u201c<\/span>The armed robberies have happened downtown, and on the North, Northwest and West sides. In each incident, police said the suspects got out of a car with guns and robbed their victims, sometimes stealing their cars and attacking them.\u201d<\/span>
\n\tAnother group used a stolen car to <\/span>commit a string of 8 robberies<\/span><\/a> all on Aug. 13th. <\/span>\u201cIn each incident, three to six men wearing dark colored clothing and black ski masks jumped out of a stolen car, displayed multiple firearms at victims, including rifles, stole their property and fled, according to Chicago police.\u201d<\/span>
\n\tThe above-mentioned crimes in Logan Square, which was hit with <\/span>19 robberies in just two days<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> \u201cIn all of the robberies, two people in stolen Kias and Hyundais got out of their car armed with handguns and demanded the victims\u2019 belongings. Victims were injured in more than one incident, police said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The city is suffering from an average of about 2,500 car thefts a month, far higher than during the same period last year. As mentioned above, it\u2019s one of the major reasons for Chicago\u2019s surge. However, the increase over 2022 is unlikely to last \u2013 at least on a monthly basis. The city\u2019s jump in motor thefts began in July of last year, maxing out at nearly 3,200 thefts in October.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s likely cold comfort to the city\u2019s victims, as car thefts in 2023 will still more than likely end up far higher than their 2022 total.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The decline in carjackings is not as positive as it seems. You\u2019ll hear from plenty in the media that carjackings in Chicago are down. While that\u2019s true, what the stories don\u2019t mention is that the increase in motor vehicle theft has more than supplanted the drop in carjackings. Criminals began resorting less to carjackings in mid-2002 when they figured out it was infinitely easier to <\/span>steal cars<\/span><\/a>, in particular Kias and Hyundais. Those thefts have more than made up for the decline in carjackings,\u00a0multiple times over.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chicagoans this year have experienced 257 fewer carjackings compared to Jan.-Jul. of 2022, but car thefts in that same period are <\/span>up by nearly 9,100. A total of 17,000 cars have already been stolen in Chicago so far this year, compared to 21,000 for all of last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Homicides are down, but other big cities are doing far better. The one major crime item to show a drop in Chicago is homicides, down 6 percent compared to last year, according to the <\/span>CPD\u2019s August 13 (Week 33) CompStat numbers<\/span><\/a>. Chicago has suffered 389 murders vs. 416 during the same period in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, even that decline is tempered by the fact that the nation\u2019s other major cities have seen their own murders drop much more than that. Los Angeles homicides are down 25% this year. Philadelphia\u2019s are down 23%. <\/span>Houston<\/span><\/a> by 22%. And New York is down 12%.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chicago\u2019s murders \u2013 the actual number \u2013 still dwarf those of the other big cities. Unless Philly suffers from a massive increase in bloodshed, Chicago is guaranteed to lead the nation in the total number of homicides for the 12th year in a row.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For a full report of homicides by the nation\u2019s largest 75 cities, <\/span>see Chicago, New Orleans were the nation\u2019s murder capitals in 2022 \u2013 A Wirepoints survey of America\u2019s 75 largest cities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 08\/17\/2023 – 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/spree-robberies-car-thefts-drive-chicago-crime-new-highs<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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