With just days left in the year, 2025 is shaping up to be one for the history books: Philadelphia is on track to record its lowest homicide total in more than four decades.
“Lower numbers don’t mean the work is done. It means the work is working,” said Adam Geer, the city’s chief public safety director.
Through Dec. 28, there have been 218 homicides in the city – a drop of nearly 17% from the same period last year. Compare that to 2021, the most violent year on record in Philadelphia, when there were 555 homicides during the same period…