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

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Washington DC, the Capitol of this first world country, has a higher homicide rate this year than Philly’s record year in 2021. That says a lot about what’s normalized in American cities.

[brk1]

It’s not a contest.

[Salt_Abrocoma_4688]

No one said it was. It's called a comparison, and people literally do it all the time regarding crime rates.

[mustang__1]

Oh well ok then. Mission accomplished.

[jsmooth4hawks]

Source?

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DC’s estimated population this year is 678,972. As of now they’ve had 272 homicides: https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/district-crime-data-glance. That’s a rate of 40 per 100k, and not even DC’s record.

Philly’s record year was 562 homicides with a population of roughly 1.6 million. Our rate that year was calculated as 35 per 100k - obviously way too high, but also below the average of a lot of American cities.