US President Donald Trump has called Chicago a "killing field", a "hell hole" and "the murder capital of the world" - and has said he will send in National Guard troops to "solve the crime problem fast".
This comes almost a month after he did the same in Washington DC, where he claimed crime was out of control, despite official figures showing it falling.
Democratic Governor of Illinois JB Pritzker has said Chicago does not need an intervention from the president.
"We have our job, which is to fight violent crime on the streets of our city, and by the way, we're succeeding," Pritzker said.
BBC Verify has looked into what the figures show about crime in Chicago and how it compares to other US cities.
