"Defending Chicago in a recent Fox News interview, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said it was “not in the top 30” of “big cities” with the highest rates of murder. But in 2024, Chicago had the 15th highest murder rate among U.S. cities with at least 250,000 residents, according to FBI data. It ranked higher if limiting to cities with even larger populations.
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In their sit-down interview last week, Pritzker and Baier were discussing federal immigration enforcement in Chicago when Baier switched to talking about the city’s murder rate.
“Why does Chicago have the highest murder rate of all the big cities?” Baier asked. The governor quickly responded by saying, “We are not in the top 30 in terms of our murder rate.”
He continued, “Our murder rate has been cut in half over the last four years. And every year it’s gone down by double digits.” Pritzker then started to say something about violent crime in Chicago overall when Baier interrupted to provide a visual.
“Here’s a map,” Baier said, before describing a graphic that appeared on screen. “Most populous U.S. cities, 17.47 per 100,000 population. Chicago is No. 1, over Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Phoenix, Los Angeles, New York and San Diego.”"
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