In 2024, the city experienced a remarkable 35% reduction in homicides. This year seemed likely to continue that trend. Then ...

As we close out 2024, there are some encouraging numbers from the Philadelphia Police Department as crime numbers are down for the first time since before the pandemic. Homicides as of Dec. 30 ...

If you’re addicted to local television news or Fox News or if you live your life based on 15-second blips on TikTok or whatever the awful Citizen crime app has to say, you are probably still ...

Philadelphia’s homicide rate is on pace for a historic low this year, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine. This is based on the latest data provided by the Philadelphia Police ...

A former Philadelphia homicide detective, convicted of lying under oath, was sentenced to prison, the district attorney's office announced on Tuesday. James Pitts was sentenced Friday on a perjury ...

Families and friends are too often overlooked in stories when loved ones are met with violence. These are some of those cases and all that police and the heartbroken families are seeking is for ...

A man who killed his stepmother, sister and the mother of his children during a rampage in suburban Philadelphia last year ...

The district attorney's race between Larry Krasner and Patrick Dugan is the most high-profile contest on the primary ballot.