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 ...

Police are investigating potential connections between the recent homicides of two tow truck drivers and a third murder back ...

A Philadelphia man whose previous murder conviction was overturned in 2021 is now the suspect in two more homicides, ...

DA Larry Krasner and others attribute the drop to gun violence prevention efforts, grassroots violence-interruption work and supportive programs for young people. File: Philadelphia District Attorney ...

Philadelphia ended 2025 with 222 homicides, a 60% reduction from the city’s all-time high of 562 homicides in 2021.

Philly law enforcement leaders will wrap up 2025 with tips to celebrate New Year's Eve safely and review crime data.

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 ...

In line with national crime trends, violent crime also dropped in Philadelphia in 2025. NPR's Leila Fadel asks Kevin Bethel, the city's police commissioner, about the decline. We're going to focus in ...