Updated December 21, 2024 by the Action News Data Team
Updated December 21, 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
264
 Through December 19

Average Homicides
2020 to 2022
526

Per year

Homicide Rate
Last 12 months
16.7

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 48.9% compared to 2022, according to the latest data available from the Philadelphia Police Department.

The murder rate over the last 12 months is down 50% compared to the annual average over the last three years.

The city averaged 5 homicides a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 7 a week.

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 December 19, 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.