CHICAGO, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Chicago had the most homicides of any city in the United States last year as murders and shootings rose significantly but overall crime decreased for a fourth straight year.
The Chicago Police Department's end-of-year crime statistics showed 468 people were murdered in Chicago in 2015 compared to 416 in 2014, a 12.5 percent jump. There were 2,900 shootings in 2015 -- up 13 percent from 2014 and up 29 percent since 2013.