What is the crime rate in Philadelphia, PA?

In 2025, the Philadelphia Police Department reported 12,979 violent crimes and 68,036 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 831 violent and 4,355 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,562,379 residents it serves.

Across Pennsylvania the rates were 229 and 1,360.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 831
Property per 100,000: 4,355
Violent crimes: 12,979
Property crimes: 68,036

Crime reported by the Philadelphia Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	15,384	992	79,428	5,122	1,550,843
2024	14,209	917	71,510	4,616	1,549,259
2025	12,979	831	68,036	4,355	1,562,379

Violent crimes reported went from 15,384 in 2023 to 12,979 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 79,428 in 2023 to 68,036 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Philadelphia against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Philadelphia	831	4,355
Philadelphia County	831	4,355
Pennsylvania	229	1,360
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Philadelphia, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Philadelphia	—	831	4,355
Cheltenham Township	4.8 mi	347	8,902
Pennsauken Township	4.9 mi	199	4,677
Palmyra Borough	5.2 mi	275	1,417
Camden	5.2 mi	1,312	3,214
Rockledge	5.5 mi	38	841
Merchantville Borough	6.0 mi	115	1,315
Jenkintown	6.0 mi	42	1,011
Riverton Borough	6.3 mi	71	1,978

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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