Philadelphia police grapple with 2,449 unarmed aggravated assaults by July 2
This is a eight percent decrease from the year before, with 2,499 incidents by this point in the year.
Philadelphia is consistently ranked one of the least safe cities in the US. Gun violence has increased in recent years to near the highs of the early 1990s.
State Rep. Martina White, in an op-ed column for Broad+Liberty, claimed the rise in crime can be blamed on “the failed leadership of Democratic officials,” specifically “District Attorney Larry Krasner, who took over in 2018 and has seen a spike in homicides ever since.”
A report in ProPublica tracing the rise in crime across Philadelphia and the US, said the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic “had the effect of undoing or freezing countless public and social services that are believed to have a preventative effect on violence.”
| Type Of Crime | Number of Incidents |
|---|---|
| Сommercial burglary | 817 |
| Residential burglary | 1,774 |
| Retail theft | 8,413 |
| Stolen auto | 11,816 |
| Theft | 7,694 |
| Theft from auto | 6,451 |
| Theft from person | 258 |
| Theft of motor vehicle tag | 1,331 |
| Armed aggravated assault | 1,601 |
| Unarmed aggravated assault | 2,449 |
| Homicide | 195 |
| Rape | 286 |
| Armed robbery | 1,267 |
| Unarmed robbery | 1,332 |