Crime Lab Report Shows Falling Percentage of Murders Solved by Police

The University of Chicago Crime Lab was featured in an Associated Press article that tackles Chicago's low rate in solving murder cases when compared to New York. "While the number of homicides surged to the highest in nearly two decades last year at 762, the percentage of those murders solved by police fell ten points to 26 percent. In New York, police solve about 70 percent of homicides."

Full coverage is available at the Associated Press.