President Donald Trump is threatening to send the military to Chicago, calling the city a "killing field" and claiming violent crime is out of control. But data doesn't support his claims.

Chicago’s robbery surge is over A nearly three-year upswing ended last summer, WBEZ finds. The first three months of 2025 had the fewest robberies of any quarter in decades.

Basically, a violent crime is one that involves force or threat of force. That definition is used to inform the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Suffolk County's Crime Analysis Center just got a major expansion thanks to state funding.