The Philadelphia Tribune: Homicide rate in Philadelphia last year lowest total since 1966, new Pew report reveals
Homicide rate in Philadelphia last year lowest total since 1966, new Pew report reveals
Philadelphia police respond to a mass shooting inside the 7 Elements Restaurant Bar and Lounge in South Philadelphia on . (6abc) Philadelphia police are closing homicide cases at a rate ...
Just four years ago, Philadelphia saw the most homicides in its history — and police solved them at the lowest rate on record. Now, those trends have flipped. The city is now on pace for the fewest ...
Philadelphia recorded 222 homicides last year — the lowest total since 1966 and a 17.5% decline from the previous year — and total shootings dropped below 1,000 for the first ...
MSN: Homicide rates in US cities plummeted to historic lows in 2025
WASHINGTON - Crime rates in nearly a dozen categories declined in 2025, with the rate of homicides in America's cities plummeting to numbers not seen in more than a century, according to an analysis ...
MSN: Philadelphia records the fewest homicides in nearly 60 years, plus other insights to 2025’s crime
For the first time in more than half a century, Philadelphia has recorded fewer than 225 homicides in a single year. In 2025, 222 people were killed — the fewest since 1966, when there were a fraction ...
Philadelphia records the fewest homicides in nearly 60 years, plus other insights to 2025’s crime
NBC 10 Philadelphia: Philly homicides drop to lowest number in decades, police say
In 2021, as Philadelphia residents averaged nearly 11 homicides per week, residents feared for their lives, some likening the constant gunfire as the Wild Wild West. Now, the city just recorded an ...
Yahoo: These five cities help explain why homicide rates are down across the U.S.
The rate of homicides has plummeted nationwide and, in 2025, is trending toward its lowest level in decades. The steady decline has reversed the surge of slayings seen during the peak of the covid-19 ...
These five cities help explain why homicide rates are down across the U.S.