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Philadelphia Studies: Crime and Prisons

Crime

Philadelphia Police Department Crime Incidents
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.
Crime Maps and Stats
Homicide reports from the PPD.
Philadelphia NIS CrimeBase
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.)
Murders in Philadelphia, 1988-2011
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, interactive web map of Philadelphia homicides, searchable by age, race, and sex of victims, weapon, date and time.
Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System / Pennsylvania Attorney General
Crime data for Pennsylvania only, 2000-present.
Statistics Report / Police Department. Philadelphia : Police Dept. (print)
[Van Pelt Library Reference Desk: HV7601 .A47a], 1973-1996.
Crime data by patrol district back to 1973.
Down with Crime
Older crime data for Philadelphia, including Major Crimes in Philadelphia, 1991-1998.
Safe Schools Online
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.

Prisons and Prisoners

Philadelphia Prison System
Posts a Daily Census and annual report with statistics.
Justice Atlas of Sentencing and Corrections
Map or download prison admissions and releases by ZIP codes or census tracts, 2008.