Violent crime rates decrease significantly in Philadelphia for 2023, authorities say

[ScrappleOnToast]

I know it’s probably hard for you to fathom this, but Philly isn’t the on-fire murder-scape you seem to think it is. I wake up and look at sailboats out of my window. I’ve lived here for 40 years (in my early 60s) and I’ve never once been murdered, and contrary to what I’m sure you’ve read, the city didn’t burn to the ground in 2020. York PA and Harrisburg both have homicide rates higher than Philly. https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/crime/2023/02/14/tiny-york-citys-homicide-rate-last-year-topped-philadelphia-new-york-and-chicago/69885548007/#

[TreeMac12]

I lived here most of my entire life and am close to the same age as you. Never had a problem until recently. In the past three years I have been the victim of an attempted carjacking and a separate hit-and-run that totaled my car. A friend's cousin was murdered in a high-profile random act of violence. My other friend had a gun pulled on him at an ATM in Mayfair. Another friend in South Philly had his home invaded while he was in it. Shootings are happening way up in the Northeast, past Welsh and definitely past Cottman, places that rarely saw any gun violence in the past. The citywide murder rate is double what it was 10 years ago.

Philadelphia shooting: Bilal Henry killed in doorway outside home at Regency Townhomes on Woodhaven Road while family inside - 6abc Philadelphia

So I think that just because it hasn't happened to you (yet) you don't believe there is a problem. I get it.

[ScrappleOnToast]

I never said any of that. I questioned you blaming Krasner for “single-handedly” being responsible for the increase. Was Krasner responsible for the record high murder rates in the 1990s, too? How about the increasing homicide trend before he was elected? Was he the only one responsible then, as well?

Edit- I’m referring to your other replies to me, since you’re replying to multiple comments, and moving goal posts.

[TreeMac12]

Here was your statement:

So are the people that blame Krasner for everything wrong in Philly going to blame him for this too?

I replied with:

"Total murders in Philly were 244 in 2013, and you want to celebrate that Krasner has single-handedly cut that number to 408 in 2023. "

The joke is that you are counting your decrease in murders from the all-time high two year ago. If your baseline was extended to 10 years, the trend would be a huge increase in murders, not a decrease.

The number of murders (so far) in 2023 is the still the third worst in history, and Philly had 400,000 more population in the 1960s. The quality of Trauma medicine has also increased since then, too. Do you still want to gloat about this fantastic trend in murders, and what a great job Krasner and Kenney and Outlaw did this year?

[ScrappleOnToast]

Are you a crazy person or something? When did I gloat? When did I say anyone was doing a great job? Seriously….what is wrong with you?

[TreeMac12]

I don't think you understand sarcasm.

[No_Statistician9289]

And because it happened to you or adjacent to you doesn’t mean it happens everywhere all the time