Crime

Philadelphia has the country’s second-highest rate of package theft. Whose fault is it — and what is the solution?

In the aftermath of the tragic Kada Scott murder, the D.A. has said the buck stops with him. Or was he actually passing it?

As officials create a new public safety plan, Philadelphians offer City officials their ideas on how to continue fighting gun violence

The $5.5 million pilot program is a key part of Mayor Parker’s plan to address the addiction and homelessness issues in the ravaged neighborhood. Nine months in, no one seems to know when — or if — we’ll know it’s successful

A series of shootings prompted York officials to ban ghost guns and machine gun converters like their colleagues in the eastern part of the state. But the laws may not stick

A Trace analysis of 10 years of neighborhood-level shooting data found that gun violence is lower almost everywhere than it was in 2015 — but Philadelphians are still reeling from more than 16,000 shootings.

Counties across the state will decide how to use the money from opioid producers. Researchers at Penn State, Temple and Pitt created a database so the rest of us can see how they’re doing

Two city programs are already reducing crime among teenagers. A Temple criminal justice professor says it’s time to scale them.

Research shows curfews do little to reduce crime, but the city's curfew centers have become a vital hub for young people

Women in Philadelphia commit less than 10 percent of the city’s shootings — but make up nearly a quarter of people arrested for straw purchasing