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Police reported 36 shooting victims in Philadelphia during the seven-day period ending Sunday, March 7; up from 26 people shot during the previous week. Twelve people were shot last Wednesday alone. Read More

With 114 people were shot in Philadelphia during February, the city reached the lowest monthly victim total recorded since 90 people were shot in February, 2020. An average of 77 people were shot in February during the previous five years. Read More

Police reported 34 shooting victims in Philadelphia during the seven-day period ending Sunday; two more than during the previous week but still one of the lowest weekly totals in recent months. Shootings reported during the past eight weeks are running 58.9 percent ahead of the pace recorded during 2020. Read More

Police reported 31 shooting victims in Philadelphia during the seven-day period ending Sunday, February 14; eight more than during the previous week but still one of the lowest weekly totals in recent months. Police reported 70 total homicides in the city this year through midnight Monday, a 46 percent increase compared to the same period during 2020 and a 159 percent increase when compared to the same date in 2017, when 27 people had been killed Read More

Volatility: After 200 people were shot during January in Philadelphia, the total for the first week of February dropped to 21. Then, seven people were shot and killed on Monday alone. Read More

Last month 200 people were shot in Philadelphia. Last year, 113 shooting victims were recorded during January. From 2005 through 2019, the city’s average shooting victim total during the month of January was 88. Read More

Police reported 61 shooting victims in Philadelphia during the seven-day period ending Sunday; up from 43 recoded during each of the previous two weeks. Last year, 113 people were shot during the entire month of January in Philadelphia. Read More

Making year-to-date comparisons can result in dramatic day-to-day fluctuations this early in a new year. Check the 365-day tracker on our Philadelphia Shooting Victims dashboard to spot long-term trends. Read More

New resource: You can now find this 48-month chart of Philadelphia shooting victims, based on police data and updated each month, under the PHL tab on our home page. Last month, 181 people were shot in the city. Read More

Police are reporting 181 shooting victims in Philadelphia during December, down slightly from the previous month but still 66 percent above the average victim total seen during the same month over the past five years. Altogether, police recorded 2,251 shooting victims in Philadelphia during 2020, a 53 percent increase over the previous year. At least 402 shooting victims died during 2020, representing a 33 percent increase over the previous year. Read More

Police report that 49 people were shot in Philadelphia during the seven-day period ending Sunday; the highest weekly total since November and up from 38 people shot during the previous week. This final installment of their 52-week report counts 2,222 shooting victims since December 30 of last year, amounting to an average of one person shot every four hours of every day since. Read More