Philadelphia’s homicide rate for January 2025 is down compared to the historic number from this time last year.

Former detective James Pitts was sentenced to serve at least 2 and a half years after being accused of roughing up a suspect ...

To date, at least 16 homicides have been reported in Philadelphia in 2025, according to police data. That's the lowest year-to-date total since at least 2008 and down about 27% from the same date ...

According to U.S News & World Report, Philadelphia ranks 17th overall on a list of 25 cities. The report notes that the City of Brotherly Love’s violent crime rate was higher than the national ...

Two men are dead, and two suspects are still at large after dozens of shots were fired in Philadelphia's Olney section early ...

Police statistics show 203 Black people died from gunshots in Philadelphia in 2024 — almost two-thirds the number who died in 2023 — as the city experienced an almost 10-year low in fatal ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are investigating a double shooting in the city's Crescentville section. It happened around 3:50 a.m. on Monday in the 5300 block of Claridge Street ...

PHILADELPHIA — As U.S. police departments ... days rather than being reported quarterly or annually like a lot of crime statistics, allows communities and experts to evaluate and respond to ...

Prosecutors had intended to seek the death penalty against Vangas, who had been previously convicted of killing his girlfriend in Philadelphia in 1996. He had been convicted of third-degree murder for ...

Philadelphia police reported nearly 50 arrests following the Eagles win against the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on Sunday.