The proposed Englewood Trail project will provide access to nature and community events, supporters say. | City of Chicago
The proposed Englewood Trail project will provide access to nature and community events, supporters say. | City of Chicago
A Chicago City Wire analysis of Chicago crime data found 48 murders during 2022 in the area surrounding a new nature trail that recently received $3 million in state funding.
"Gov. J.B. Pritzker last week announced $3 million in state funds would be allocated to the proposed Englewood Nature Trail, a 1.75 mile railroad embankment that runs parallel to 59th Street between Wallace Street and Hoyne Avenue," wrote the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board on April 17, 2023.
Pritzker (D-Ill.) said the Englewood Trail would receive the allocation in funds through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP). The trail would be built along a former railway corridor that hasn’t been used since the 1960s.
During 2022 alone, Englewood itself had 48 homicides and 213 wounded, the second largest total among Chicago neighborhoods listed in one tally.
Among the six wards that cover Englewood and the surrounding region, five have had cumulative homicides of more than 450 since 2001, according to the Chicago Data Portal.
How many homicides have taken place in and around the Englewood region?
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Crime Statistics in the Englewood Region
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