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Full Police Department data added to Philly Spotcrime.com

SpotCrime.com has been given access to the Philadelphia's Police Departments data. We are working on updating the site everyday. Please sign up for our alert feature to see our updates in your neighborhood.

SpotCrime has added over 1 m. crime incidents to our database in the last three months.

Particularly in Philadelphia, you'll notice that the map shows less shootings than before. The reason for this is because we now have data for many other crimes coming from the police department. To see a specific crime like "shooting", deselect the other crimes in the check boxes and hit refresh.

All events are sourced. By clicking on the crime page and clicking view source, you'll be able to see if the item came from a news report or the police department.

Philadelphia crime map on Spotcrime.com

Spotcrime.com is one of the most comprehensive databases of crime data in the US. We've started with the largest cities in the US (including Philadlephia)

The following map contains all the most recent crime events that we could source. http://www.spotcrime.com/philadelphia

Please let us know your thoughts at feedback@spotcrime.com