ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown in 2024 recorded its lowest number of homicides in more than a decade, city and county statistics show.
Officials are set to highlight those statistics, which Allentown Communications Manager Genesis Ortega called “historic lows,” at a news conference Thursday afternoon at Allentown Health Bureau.
Four people were victims of homicides in Allentown last year — down from 19 people killed in homicides in 2023, according to data from the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office…