2016 Homicide Clearance Rate

Posted on January 22, 2016

Legal Outcome Homicides No Suspect Charged 621 Suspect Charged 149 Self-Defense 12 Police-Involved 11 Murder/Suicide 6

Category: Chicago Crime 2016

The clearance rate is a calculation of Total Homicide Suspects Charged/(Total Homicides – Police involved – Self Defense – Murder/Suicides). Regardless of how many people are charged in relation to a single homicide, it’s only counted as one suspect for calculation purposes. The rate has nothing to do with criminal proceedings and convictions (or lack thereof).