Updated May 01, 2024 by the Action News Data Team
Updated May 01, 2024 by the Action News Data Team

Action News is tracking crime and safety across Philadelphia and in your neighborhood.
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Homicides
Last 12 months
363
 Through April 28

Average Homicides
2020 to 2022
526

Per year

Homicide Rate
Last 12 months
23

Per 100,000 people

Average Homicide Rate
2020 to 2022
33.4

Per 100,000 people


Homicides over the last 12 months are trending down 29.8% compared to 2022, according to the latest data available from the Philadelphia Police Department.

However, the murder rate over the last 12 months is down 31% compared to the annual average over the last three years, and the frequency of killings remains higher than it was before the pandemic.

The city averaged 7 homicides a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 7 a week.

Almost all of Philadelphia’s homicides are gun-related: Shootings made up 89% of Philly’s homicides last year and 91% of homicides so far this year. To learn more about who is most affected by gun violence in Philly, as well as solutions pioneered in your backyard, visit 6abc.com/gunviolence. There you’ll find in-depth analyses and interactive charts and maps displaying the latest trends, as well as stories from individuals affected by gun violence and comments from experts and public officials.

One way to think about the danger: three years ago, the murder rate was 22.5 per 100,000 residents. That’s more than twice the likelihood of dying in a vehicle crash in Pennsylvania.

During the pandemic, a person’s chance of being murdered in Philadelphia rose to more than three times the risk of a fatal traffic crash.


The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood.

Action News’ data team looked at the Philadelphia Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through April 28, 2024.

A closer look at Philadelphia homicides by neighborhood

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the homicide rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues highlight neighborhoods where the murder rate is higher than the citywide rate.

You can click any neighborhood to see detailed numbers or the buttons at the bottom of the map to switch between numbers and rates. You can search for a street, place, landmark or zip code to zoom to that location.








Many crimes do not end in an arrest: Philadelphia Police made arrests for just 19% of violent crimes and 7% of property crimes reported from 2019 through 2021.