By Tyler Tran, Senior Data Analyst, DAO DATA Lab Low shooting arrest rates: A chronic problem There have been 8,918 shootings in Philadelphia since 2015 that have not led to an arrest. This year alone, there have been 2,296 shootings, and police have made arrests in only 17% of those incidents. Even...
We recently made changes to the Incidents-Arrests-Charges graphics that appear in our monthly Justice Journal newsletter. Previously, the graphics showed the number of incidents from the previous month, as well how many of those incidents led to arrests by police and cases being charged by the...
On December 14, 2021, we changed the way we are categorizing arrests and cases on the Public Data Dashboard. The new method of categorization allows us to more accurately describe how cases move through the system, from incident to arrest to court involvement. Although this change will result in...
For the Commonwealth highlights the important work our prosecutors are doing to help secure justice in specific cases brought by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Assistant District Attorney Sanhita Sen of our Special Investigations Unit (SIU) helped secure justice recently in a...
For the Commonwealth highlights the important work our prosecutors are doing to help secure justice in specific cases brought by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Assistant District Attorney Allison Christian of our Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit helped secure justice in a case...
The chart below generated by the District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab highlights the number of incidents reported by the public to the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) from March 1 to August 31, 2021. The graph then breaks down the number of incidents with arrests made by PPD...
For the Commonwealth highlights the important work our prosecutors are doing to help secure justice in specific cases brought by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Assistant District Attorney Maggie McDermott of our Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit helped secure justice in...
For the Commonwealth highlights the important work our prosecutors are doing to help secure justice in specific cases brought by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Assistant District Attorneys Kara Heininger & Eamon Kenny of our Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit helped secure...
For the Commonwealth highlights the important work our prosecutors are doing to help secure justice in specific cases brought by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Assistant District Attorney Sarah Gordon of our Gun Violence Task Force (GVTF) helped secure justice in a case involving a...