We often hear concerned citizens ask for more police cameras to be installed in the area. CWB is not a fan of police cameras. They are not monitored in real-time, their footage is rarely consulted after crimes occur, and their presence doesn’t keep criminals at bay. Here’s an example in an image we took from

Want to get robbed? You’ve come to the right place! As we reported last weekend, Wrigleyville and Boystown was awash in robbery reports early last Saturday. Today, we are getting a glimpse of how bad it was. The city is beginning to put last weekend’s crime data online. So far, it appears that the entire

The city confirms three robberies today that were reported last Saturday morning: HW421277 Sat, 24 Aug 2013 02:30AM 1100 W ADDISON ST ROBBERY ARMED: OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPON SIDEWALK HW421242 Sat, 24 Aug 2013 02:15:00 900 W SCHOOL ST ROBBERY: STRONGARM – NO WEAPON SIDEWALK HW421251 Sat, 24 Aug 2013 02:50:00 3500 N HALSTED ST ROBBERY:

12:31PM, Friday, August 30 A resident called police at 12:30 Friday afternoon upon discovering what appeared to be a porn movie filming in the alley behind 1800 W. Melrose. According to the caller, six men and two women were filming a video and “one of the men has his pants off.” Officers cleared the set.

The 19th district did not run out of police officers in the early morning hours today. The district has not stayed out of “Radio Assignment Pending” (RAP) status on a Saturday morning since August 3. Sunday mornings have been the real problem spot this summer. Let’s hope for the best tonight.

A greedy thief who may have struck two victims within 10 minutes made a critical mistake when he opted to hide inside of a 24-hour pharmacy. Police received an initial report of a cell phone snatching around Belmont and Orchard at 3:10AM. The offender in the incident is described as a male, black, 6′ tall,

At least two women were victimized by pickpockets in the area between Friday evening and early Saturday morning. 6:30PM Friday, August 30 Witnesses reported that they saw offenders steal from a woman’s purse at the Belmont Red Line station and then flee the scene in a car. After speaking with witnesses, officers determined that the

The CWB Daily Ticker is a dashboard of the most up-to-date robbery statistics possible for our neighborhood over the past year, 5 years, and 10 years. As we’ve often said, our problem did not spring up overnight. It has built and built over several years. Simply comparing this year to last year misses the huge

August 2013 may go on-record as the single worst month for robberies in Wrigleyville and Boystown in at least 13 years. As of August 23, the neighborhood had racked up 32 robberies for the month, six shy of the record 38 robberies reported in June of last year. Considering the mayhem that swept through the

A man threatened to come back with a knife after employees at Roscoe’s Tavern, 3356 N. Halsted, held his apparently fake ID and removed him from the premises. There just happened to be a police car on the other side of the street, so the response was remarkably quick. Officers made contact with a man