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.

It's getting harder to get away with murder in Philadelphia. Violent crime has fallen sharply -- like it has in many other cities. And... Philadelphia is solving homicides at the fastest rate in 40 ...

Crime has decreased in 2025. That's based on statistics on data collected from police department websites throughout ...

Philadelphia police respond to a mass shooting inside the 7 Elements Restaurant Bar and Lounge in South Philadelphia on July 5, 2025. (6abc) Philadelphia police are closing homicide cases at a rate ...

On a map of the 57 most shooting-afflicted blocks in Philadelphia, Kensington, a neighborhood that has experienced higher ...