2016–2025 · 4 published indicators
Philadelphia
crime trends.
Philadelphia Police Department incidents for assault, auto theft, burglary, and robbery.
Sources & methodologyBy category · 2025
Trends across 4 indicators
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Citywide · 22 police districts
Assault count, 2025 · by district
Local boundaries shaded by one category at a time, in the active unit, for the selected year. Hover for a quick read; click to open the full district view.
Count by year
counts · 2016–2025 · baseline = all categoriesView chart data
Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.
| Year | Assault | All categories (baseline) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 31,706 | 46,515 |
| 2017 | 30,982 | 45,083 |
| 2018 | 31,482 | 45,019 |
| 2019 | 32,845 | 46,467 |
| 2020 | 31,250 | 45,387 |
| 2021 | 32,753 | 50,458 |
| 2022 | 33,684 | 57,215 |
| 2023 | 34,440 | 67,844 |
| 2024 | 35,802 | 59,843 |
| 2025 | 34,326 | 56,899 |
How the series is built
Counts come from Philadelphia Police Department crime incidents, grouped by dispatch year, offense, and police district. Assault includes aggravated assault and other assaults. Auto theft is motor vehicle theft. Burglary includes residential and non-residential burglary. Robbery includes firearm and no-firearm robbery. 2026 is year-to-date.
Homicide stays out of assault. Thefts stay out because the file does not publish a dollar threshold.
Population
Citywide rates use U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Philadelphia city. District rates use 2020 Census block-group population assigned by each block group’s internal point.
0.0% of these indicator reports could not be placed in a local area and stay in the city totals only.
Reading the data
Three numbers that need context
Data summary for Philadelphia-wide
| Year | Assault | Auto Theft | Burglary | Robbery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 201.1 | 10.0 | 44.5 | 39.4 |
| 2017 | 195.9 | 9.5 | 41.6 | 38.1 |
| 2018 | 198.4 | 11.1 | 41.0 | 33.2 |
| 2019 | 207.3 | 11.3 | 38.7 | 35.9 |
| 2020 | 195.2 | 15.9 | 43.2 | 29.2 |
| 2021 | 206.0 | 47.1 | 33.2 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 214.2 | 75.2 | 37.6 | 36.9 |
| 2023 | 219.9 | 143.6 | 36.2 | 33.6 |
| 2024 | 227.6 | 93.3 | 32.1 | 27.5 |
| 2025 | 218.0 | 92.7 | 28.5 | 22.1 |
About this data
How to read these figures
- What does “crime” mean for Philadelphia?
- Crime by police district means the indicators Philadelphia Police Department publishes for Philadelphia (2016–2025). They are reported incident or offence counts, not arrests, charges, or a safety score. The same heading in another city is not the same offence.
- Where do the numbers come from?
- Police figures come from Philadelphia Police Department. Area boundaries come from City of Philadelphia · police districts. Rates, when a denominator exists, use U.S. Census Bureau · population and are shown per 10,000 residents. A missing year, indicator, or boundary stays missing.
- How often is this updated?
- The site is updated periodically, with no fixed public schedule and no live feed. Comparable charts use full years. A year-to-date control, when the page has one, labels the partial year separately.
- What does this not show?
- Drug offences and overdose deaths are separate series, not part of these police districts. There is no single cross-city crime index. Counting rules and source links are on the Philadelphia about page.