Illinois Interstate Shootings Fell 31% in 2025, With Zero Deaths Reported
State police attribute the four-year decline to specialized operations, license plate readers, sustained investigations.
Overview
- Illinois recorded 61 interstate shootings in 2025, down from 89 in 2024, with 13 people injured, according to state police.
- The year-over-year drop was 31%, marking a fourth consecutive annual decrease since the 2021 surge.
- Incidents are down about 80% from the 2021 peak of 310 shootings, when 28 people were killed, Illinois State Police data show.
- ISP cites Air Operations, K9 units, forensics, investigative teams, and ALPRs deployed under the 2020 Tamara Clayton Expressway Camera Act as key tools.
- Officials situate the decline within broader reductions in violent crime, including a nearly 30% drop in Chicago homicides last year.