Mayor Cherelle Parker announced a new strategy for addressing the drug crisis in Kensington: Wellness Court, a diversion ...

An Inquirer investigation found Philadelphia has become an outlier in its rate of youth incarceration, as cities across the ...

Philadelphia's plans to expand its use of police-operated drones signals a pivotal shift in how the city seeks to protect—and ...

As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in ...

As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violent crimes compared to 2023.

A genuine blow for a local photographer who uses his skills behind the lens to promote peace on Philadelphia streets, as he ...

OLONGAPO CITY — The crime rate in Central Luzon decreased by 4.31 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to data from the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3). PRO3 Director Police ...

Killings in 2024 declined by about 40% in New Orleans, 30% in Washington, D.C., and 28% in Baltimore, according to AH Datalytics, a research organization that tracks crime rates across the nation.

Philadelphia hit a milestone in 2024 with a homicide rate that dropped to the lowest point it has been in a decade. Violent crime has been decreasing steadily in Philadelphia -- earlier this year ...

Zarelli was just 4 years old when he was found on the side of the road beaten, bruised, and wrapped in a blanket inside a cardboard box in northwest Philadelphia in 1957. The anonymous little boy ...

Members of the Reimagining Roseland Community Collective, Thomas Gaston (from left), LaNita Reed, Steve Gates and DeVonne Carothers, stand last week near a community center at 11251 S. Halsted St ...