Homicides as of Dec. 30, 2024 stand at 262 — a 36% decline from 2023 and the fewest lives lost since 2014. According to police, shootings are down by 35%, robberies have fallen by 37% and stolen autos ...

“If we look at the publicly available data, which has been given us by the Philadelphia Police Department, we will see that at the height of the pandemic, the number of homicides in Philadelphia, ...

suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Philadelphia is expecting to end 2024 with the lowest number of homicides in a decade, but officials say that ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are investigating two homicides and several other shooting incidents in the city on Christmas Eve. The first happened around 10 p.m. in the Mantua ...

In a year during which Philadelphia has experienced a significant decline in shootings and homicides, it was a particularly ...