Philadelphia Statistics: Crime and Prisons

Crime incidents from the Philadelphia Police Department. Part I crimes include violent offenses such as aggravated assault, rape, arson, among others. Part II crimes include simple assault, prostitution, gambling, fraud, and other non-violent offenses.

Homicide reports from the PPD.

Map or download aggregated crime incidents by councilmanic districts, school catchment areas, ZIP codes, 2000 census tracts and block groups, police districts and sectors, and NIS-defined neighborhoods. Data from 1998 to 2009. (The table export function may not work; in this case, try cutting and pasting into a text editor.)

From the Philadelphia Inquirer, interactive web map of Philadelphia homicides, searchable by age, race, and sex of victims, weapon, date and time.

Crime data for Pennsylvania only, 2000-present.

[Van Pelt Library Reference Desk: HV7601 .A47a], 1973-1996.
Crime data by patrol district back to 1973.

Older crime data for Philadelphia, including Major Crimes in Philadelphia, 1991-1998.

Go to School Safety to find reports on incidents by school districts and schools. (Individual schools can be found in the "Comparison Report.") 2000-present.

Posts a Daily Census and annual report with statistics.

Map or download prison admissions and releases by ZIP codes or census tracts, 2008.