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THE CREEP: Street Crime Has Come Back To Roost

A three year streak of record-high robbery rates and violent street crime in Wrigleyville and Boystown was snapped this year, bringing the neighborhood back to mugging levels last seen in 2007. Every month this summer saw fewer robberies than the month before. The improvement stalled last month and it now seems to be in full

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A REAL TURKEY: At Least 2 More Mugged Overnight

Approximate locations of this morning’s incidents. At least two more people were beaten and robbed in the neighborhood overnight, with a third reported robbery yet to be verified. In the latest incident, a man was approached from behind and hit in the head with an unknown object near Waveland and Southport around 2:30 this morning.