Official Greater Philadelphia Area Crime Thread (Franklin, Oxford: crime rate, safe area, live)

[RightonWalnut]

^^ Some thoughts on that.

1. The West Kensington neighborhood has seen an astonishing 7 murders so far this year.

2. Center City has seen a surprising 3 murders this year. One was the CHOP doctor who was murdered in her home, the other was the rapper related shooting at Penn's Landing, and the third was a guy who killed his wife in their apartment building in a murder homicide.

3. West Philadelphia, Lower North Philadelphia, and Upper North Philadelphia are all tied for the most murders at 12 a piece...if we combine Olney/Oak Lane section with Upper North Philadelphia, then Upper North has the most at 17 murders.

4. In what I defined as the "core" of the city, there has been 19 murders or 30% of the murders in the city so far this year. Those murders have been 3 in Center City (1 in Rittenhouse, 1 in Penn's Landing and 1 in Franklintown), 5 in South Philadelphia (3 in the Dickinson Narrows and 2 in Point Breeze), 0 in West Philadelphia in what I defined as the core neighborhoods, 4 in Lower North Philadelphia (2 in Francisville, 1 in West Poplar and 1 in Norris Square) in what I defined as the core neighborhoods, and 7 in the Riverwards in what I defined as the core neighborhoods, all of which occurred in West Kensington. On the contrary, when combining all the areas of what is generally considered "North Philadelphia," there have been an astonishing 29 murders total, or 45% of the murders so far this year.

[Cnote11]

The last week has been insane for murders. Just last week there was a 20 murder gap between 2007 and this year, and now that has nearly closed all the way.

[RightonWalnut]

Originally Posted by Cnote11

The last week has been insane for murders. Just last week there was a 20 murder gap between 2007 and this year, and now that has nearly closed all the way.

Huh? There was 108 murders this time in 2007. There have been 65 this year.... that is nowhere close to closing the gap lol. Did you mean 2008 or 2009?

[frankgn87]

Originally Posted by Summersm343

I'll start it off:


Columbine Threat at Temple University



Columbine Threat Has Temple Students On Edge - Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29

We had the same thing happen where I work a few years ago when some kid scrawled something along the same lines too. We *had* to over react due to what could happen and it turned out not to be true..

[Cnote11]

Originally Posted by Summersm343

Huh? There was 108 murders this time in 2007. There have been 65 this year.... that is nowhere close to closing the gap lol. Did you mean 2008 or 2009?

Oops! I meant 2008/2009/2010 with emphasis on 2009. The gap is currently down to 8 when it had just climbed up to back up to 20 from 13! The year is still young though, and there was a large increase in 2009 sometime during the middle of the year, so only time will tell.

[RightonWalnut]

Sad, but obviously there was a motive. The murder happened in the Whitman neighborhood of South Philadelphia.

Don Ly was stabbed to death this morning near his own home as he prepped for his day as one of the popular food vendors in University City.


"He comes out around 5 a.m. every morning to load up his fruit truck and that’s when he was attacked," Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.


Ly stabbed in the abdomen, throat, chest and arms as he prepared his food stand and van that were parked along the 400 block of Vollmer Street in South Philadelphia.


"At this point we do not know what the motive is," Small said.


Family members told NBC10's Jesse Gary that the Ly moved here from Vietnam and was a very private person.

Fruit Stand Owner Stabbed, Killed on His Way to Work | NBC 10 Philadelphia

[frankgn87]

Pharmacist shot in Society Hill after chasing robber | 6abc.com

[Padugan]

Originally Posted by Summersm343

^^ Some thoughts on that.

1. The West Kensington neighborhood has seen an astonishing 7 murders so far this year.

2. Center City has seen a surprising 3 murders this year. One was the CHOP doctor who was murdered in her home, the other was the rapper related shooting at Penn's Landing, and the third was a guy who killed his wife in their apartment building in a murder homicide.

3. West Philadelphia, Lower North Philadelphia, and Upper North Philadelphia are all tied for the most murders at 12 a piece...if we combine Olney/Oak Lane section with Upper North Philadelphia, then Upper North has the most at 17 murders.

4. In what I defined as the "core" of the city, there has been 19 murders or 30% of the murders in the city so far this year. Those murders have been 3 in Center City (1 in Rittenhouse, 1 in Penn's Landing and 1 in Franklintown), 5 in South Philadelphia (3 in the Dickinson Narrows and 2 in Point Breeze), 0 in West Philadelphia in what I defined as the core neighborhoods, 4 in Lower North Philadelphia (2 in Francisville, 1 in West Poplar and 1 in Norris Square) in what I defined as the core neighborhoods, and 7 in the Riverwards in what I defined as the core neighborhoods, all of which occurred in West Kensington. On the contrary, when combining all the areas of what is generally considered "North Philadelphia," there have been an astonishing 29 murders total, or 45% of the murders so far this year.

5. Murder rate is related to weather. This is the second coldest spring on record. once the weather breaks that number (65 in 2013) will spike. 2007 was a very hot year in the city, literally and metaphorically.

[RightonWalnut]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

Pharmacist shot in Society Hill after chasing robber | 6abc.com

Very sad story. Thank god he survived... but also not a good idea to RUN AFTER YOUR ATTACKER!! There would have been no shooting if he would've just let the attacker go.

Two more:

Off-duty officer stabbed in Northeast Philly, but survives:
Off-duty officer stabbed, robbed in Northeast Philadelphia, officials say | 6abc.com

...and a man shot and killed in front of his wife in Oxford Circle
Husband shot and killed in front of wife in Northeast Philadelphia | 6abc.com

[RightonWalnut]

Originally Posted by Padugan

5. Murder rate is related to weather. This is the second coldest spring on record. once the weather breaks that number (65 in 2013) will spike. 2007 was a very hot year in the city, literally and metaphorically.

There have been several proven studies on this that there really is no direct correlation between weather and crime.