Incidents

Year End 12/31/2022

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Whenever a crime is reported, it is logged as an incident by the Philadelphia Police Department. The report below is a summary of the Philadelphia Police Department’s published Parts I & II Incident data. Not all crime types are included. More information on this data can be found on the Crime Incidents page on OpenDataPhilly.

  13%

141,326
Incidents YTD

All Offenses

  5%

42,449
Incidents YTD

Violent Offenses

  22%

88,916
Incidents YTD

Property Offenses

  -23%

2,968
Incidents YTD

Drug Offenses

  -13%

3,113
Incidents YTD

Firearm Possession

All Offenses

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
The information on this page comes from the Philadelphia Police Department’s incident reporting on OpenDataPhilly. The police classify incidents very generally, so some offense categories available on other parts of the dashboards are not available here. This data is considered preliminary reporting and is not authoritative.

Yearly Incidents by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Incidents by Reported Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
All Violent Offenses
45,589
44,524
41,468
40,090
41,154
40,424
39,460
39,161
40,967
38,087
40,404
42,449
All Property Offenses
85,608
80,026
74,189
75,839
74,538
73,495
71,597
72,710
71,124
66,637
72,794
88,916
All Drug Offenses
12,934
11,871
11,722
9,626
7,611
8,053
9,710
9,428
10,383
6,447
3,857
2,968
All Firearm Possession
1,654
1,523
1,439
1,448
1,343
1,914
2,139
2,221
2,563
3,535
3,591
3,113
All Other Offenses
10,379
10,856
9,330
9,110
8,848
6,858
5,756
4,553
4,297
2,650
2,186
1,595
Uncategorized Offenses
1,896
1,579
1,173
1,361
1,837
857
830
924
1,333
1,149
1,697
2,285
All Offenses
158,060
150,379
139,321
137,474
135,331
131,601
129,492
128,997
130,667
118,505
124,529
141,326

Violent

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
The information on this page comes from the Philadelphia Police Department’s incident reporting on OpenDataPhilly. The police classify incidents very generally, so some offense categories available on other parts of the dashboards are not available here. This data is considered preliminary reporting and is not authoritative.

Yearly Incidents by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Incidents by Reported Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
251
265
194
199
225
214
235
271
298
429
496
457
68
67
56
51
53
57
74
75
53
65
65
53
1,118
983
909
792
977
1,017
938
1,071
1,116
1,741
1,773
1,735
835
895
1,284
1,220
1,337
1,246
1,142
1,075
1,011
854
757
597
3,434
3,248
2,988
2,934
2,807
2,603
2,381
2,085
2,127
1,814
2,371
2,907
4,611
4,585
4,438
3,912
3,860
3,522
3,565
3,100
3,502
2,810
2,524
2,870
1,521
1,628
1,485
1,410
1,456
1,394
1,411
1,428
1,632
2,258
2,414
2,408
6,412
6,223
5,709
5,417
5,466
5,405
5,389
5,378
5,616
5,482
5,095
5,034
25,829
25,009
23,269
23,124
23,887
24,031
23,370
23,770
24,603
21,916
24,042
25,321
1,510
1,621
1,136
1,031
1,086
935
955
908
1,009
718
867
1,067
All Violent Offenses
45,589
44,524
41,468
40,090
41,154
40,424
39,460
39,161
40,967
38,087
40,404
42,449

Property

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
The information on this page comes from the Philadelphia Police Department’s incident reporting on OpenDataPhilly. The police classify incidents very generally, so some offense categories available on other parts of the dashboards are not available here. This data is considered preliminary reporting and is not authoritative.

Yearly Incidents by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Incidents by Reported Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
9,916
9,760
8,655
7,805
6,642
5,612
5,179
5,087
4,780
3,639
3,733
3,781
2,115
2,242
1,726
1,870
1,463
1,401
1,400
1,409
1,357
3,277
1,566
2,210
16,192
13,852
13,246
13,217
12,908
13,913
13,340
13,592
13,188
12,819
12,480
15,627
23,767
24,701
23,912
24,038
23,396
22,933
22,870
23,369
25,099
20,913
24,628
33,267
6,870
3,169
2,460
2,333
1,693
1,580
1,501
1,764
1,796
2,539
7,780
12,144
9,192
9,200
8,942
11,230
12,609
11,890
11,830
12,428
9,779
8,712
8,796
7,338
384
353
381
400
412
383
465
367
408
211
133
229
17,172
16,749
14,867
14,946
15,415
15,783
15,012
14,694
14,717
14,527
13,678
14,320
All Property Offenses
85,608
80,026
74,189
75,839
74,538
73,495
71,597
72,710
71,124
66,637
72,794
88,916

Drugs

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
The information on this page comes from the Philadelphia Police Department’s incident reporting on OpenDataPhilly. The police classify incidents very generally, so some offense categories available on other parts of the dashboards are not available here. This data is considered preliminary reporting and is not authoritative.

Yearly Incidents by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Incidents by Reported Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
12,934
11,871
11,722
9,626
7,611
8,053
9,710
9,428
10,383
6,447
3,857
2,968
All Drug Offenses
12,934
11,871
11,722
9,626
7,611
8,053
9,710
9,428
10,383
6,447
3,857
2,968

Firearms

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
The information on this page comes from the Philadelphia Police Department’s incident reporting on OpenDataPhilly. The police classify incidents very generally, so some offense categories available on other parts of the dashboards are not available here. This data is considered preliminary reporting and is not authoritative.

Yearly Incidents by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Incidents by Reported Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
1,654
1,523
1,439
1,448
1,343
1,914
2,139
2,221
2,563
3,535
3,591
3,113
All Firearm Possession
1,654
1,523
1,439
1,448
1,343
1,914
2,139
2,221
2,563
3,535
3,591
3,113

Other

The offense categories have recently changed. Please see this data story and the definitions page for more information.
The information on this page comes from the Philadelphia Police Department’s incident reporting on OpenDataPhilly. The police classify incidents very generally, so some offense categories available on other parts of the dashboards are not available here. This data is considered preliminary reporting and is not authoritative.

Yearly Incidents by Police District

Data: Year End Count of Incidents by Reported Offense Category

Offense Category
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
3,279
3,957
3,115
3,091
3,010
1,625
855
628
941
729
407
319
DUI
5,022
4,708
4,297
3,892
3,973
3,790
3,547
3,022
2,354
1,619
1,556
918
496
374
356
453
530
387
172
88
141
40
69
48
506
582
420
297
284
126
137
112
121
72
92
64
All Other Offenses
10,379
10,856
9,330
9,110
8,848
6,858
5,756
4,553
4,297
2,650
2,186
1,595