Dec 31, 2025
Chicago sets New Year's Eve curfew for teens as murder rate hits 412 for 2025
Johnson said the city would have outreach workers throughout the Riverwalk area "to help calm situations that may feel unsafe or overwhelming."
Chicago sets New Year's Eve curfew for teens as murder rate hits 412 for 2025
Hannah Nightingale
Washington DC
Dec 31, 2025
In the lead-up to New Year’s Eve, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released a video urging families to "talk through New Year’s Eve plans with our young people" and announcing that a youth curfew will be in effect for the evening. This comes as the city has hit 412 murders in 2025, through December 28.
Chicago will be hosting for the first time a Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve party, with Johnson saying, "we want everybody, including our young people, to join in the festivities downtown, to have a healthy, safe celebration."
He said families should ask their young people "where they’re going to be, who they’ll plan to be with, and develop a plan to stay in touch with them throughout the night. Identify safe locations where your child can go if they get separated from their group and identify safe routes to and from the celebrations downtown."
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-sets-new-years-eve-curfew-for-teens-as-murder-rate-hits-412-for-2025
