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Last month: 228 people were shot in Philadelphia; down from 275 in August but still 87 percent ahead of the average of 122 shooting victims recorded in the city during the previous five Septembers. Read More

Latest Philadelphia data • Nearly 500 more people have been shot this year in Philadelphia than during the same period last year, including 51 during the seven-day period ending Sunday. Reports of aggravated assaults with Read More

• More than 1,500 people have been wounded or killed by gunfire so far this year in Philadelphia, including 54 last week, at a pace running 46.7 percent ahead of last year. Reports of aggravated assaults with guns are up 38.7 percent, with 2,590 incidents reported this year to date. Read More

• The latest Citywide Major Crimes weekly report indicates that 51 people were shot during the seven-day period ending Sunday. The previous week’s shooting victim total was revised up from 37 to 61. The update brought the city’s year-to-date shooting victim total to 1,448, which represents a 44.9 percent increase vs. the same period last year. Read More

The number of people shot in Philadelphia fell to 37 for the seven-day period ending Sunday, according to the latest Citywide Major Crimes weekly report from the Philadelphia Police Department. Twice as many people were shot two weeks earlier. Read More

The latest data show 235 people shot in Philadelphia during the first 26 days of August, already making it the fourth consecutive record-breaking month in the city’s open data set looking back to January, 2015. An average of 107 people were shot in the city each month during the previous five years, 2015-1019. Read More

• The number of people shot in Philadelphia spiked to 72 for the seven-day period ending Sunday, the highest weekly total since police began sharing the count publicly in late April. The previous week’s total Read More

• Philadelphia Police data indicate that 55 people were shot in the city over the past week. The previous week’s total was updated to 56 shooting victims. The updates brought the year-to-date shooting victim total Read More

• Philadelphia Police data indicate that 48 people were shot in the city last week, up from 43 during the previous week. The update brought the year-to-date shooting victim total to 1,139 which represents a Read More

Philadelphia Police report that 42 people were shot in the city last week, down from 48 during the previous week. An average of 28 people were shot in Philadelphia each week during 2019. The weekly Read More