A guide to various online resources related to Philadelphia crime statistics, including interactive maps, databases, and visualization tools.

1. Philadelphia Crime
Statistics, Maps, and Tools
brought to you by:

2. SpotCrime
www.spotcrime.com/pa/philadelphia
• Spot Crime provides an interactive map
of recent crimes in Philadelphia.
– You can view incidents based on time of
occurrence, type of crime, and other factors.
– An address search lets users see the types of
crime committed in a particular area over a
certain stretch of time.
– Clicking on a map item brings up convenient
Google Maps Street View of the area.
• They offer free local crime alerts
– These can be sent by email or by text message
– An alerts radius can be defined for between 1
and 25 miles.
• Advanced features, such as email/text
message alerts, require registration for a
free account.

3. Ucrime
www.ucrime.com
• Ucrime is a website focusing on crime
on and around college campuses.
• The site supports a number of
Philadelphia-area campuses.
– These include: Temple, Penn, and Drexel.
– Data is often pulled from campus police crime
logs in addition to those of the city police.
• Ucrime was founded by ReportSee, Inc.
– This is the same company behind SpotCrime;
it uses the same API and some of the same
data.
– It also supports crime alerts by email and
SMS text.

4. Crime Logs of Universities
in Philadelphia
Direct links to the official crime logs, maps, and other statistics for
various Philadelphia area colleges with their own police departments:
Temple University
The University of Pennsylvania
Drexel University

5. Philadelphia CrimeBase
http://cml.upenn.edu/crimebase/
• CrimeBase is a web application for
analyzing Philadelphia crime data.
– From the University of Pennsylvania’s
Cartographic Modeling Lab
• The application allows you to generate
charts, trends, maps, and other
statistics.
• A number of geographic levels are
supported.
– These include zip codes, police districts, NIS
neighborhoods, and so forth.
• CrimeBase has a somewhat steep
learning curve.
– However, the upshot is a much more
powerful tool than the other resources
presented here.
– The instructions and user guide provided are
helpful and comprehensive, though.

6. PhillyRapSheet
www.phillyrapsheet.com
• Philly Rap Sheet is a continually updated
listing of arrests made in the city.
– There is also a section listing the arrests made
so far today.
– Each arrest provides a link to the official docket
sheet (in PDF format) on the Pennsylvania
Judiciary Web Portal.
– Other arrest information includes (if applicable):
charges made, previous charges, bail
amount, and date/time of arraignment.
– Philly Rap Sheet was voted as the city’s Best
Public Service in 2012 by Philadelphia Magazine.
• You can opt to receive email alerts
– These are established based on the particular
criteria chosen.
– Details include the name of the arresting
officer, police district, the suspect’s age, and the
suspect’s home town.

7. PHL Crime Mapper
www.phlcrimemapper.com
• PHL Crime Mapper is a
simple, straightforward tool that lets you
map Part One Crime Incidents.
– “Part I” includes violent crimes such as
aggravated assault, homicide, rape, and
robbery.
– You can draw a polygon of an area of
interest and view crimes by category.
– Up to 1000 crimes may be accessed at a
time, from the present to about 3 years
ago.
• PHL Crime Mapper was created by Dave
Walk, a software developer in Philadelphia.
– It is one of the great applications to come
out of the OpenDataPhilly initiative
– The data is from the Philadelphia Police
Department.
– The site works great from a smartphone as
well.

8. City of Philadelphia - Map
www.phila.gov/Map
• A comprehensive, interactive map from the
City of Philadelphia
– Allows you to map recent crime incidents
(past 30 days)
– Data is displayed by block and crime type.
• Crime data is updated daily
– Like PHL Crime Mapper, the City’s map uses
Part I crime data from the Philadelphia Police.
– Data comes from a Computer Aided Dispatch
system as well as field incident reports.
• Users can map other items besides crime
– These include playgrounds, solar energy
projects, and bike lanes.
– Commercial interests include items like zoning
districts, L&I violations, and rental licenses.
– Tabbed browsing makes viewing data overlays
quick and easy.

9. Credits
Philadelphia Crime Statistics, Maps, and Tools is
brought to you by Peter J. Scuderi, a criminal defense
attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and
throughout the surrounding area – including
Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, and Chester counties.
For more information or to schedule a
consultation, contact the law office at 610-490-1100
Or visit their website:
www.PhiladelphiaCriminalLawyerNow.com

10. Credits
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