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Mapping Philadelphia’s Gun Violence

There have been 156 homicides in 2026, a decrease of 18% from 2025.

This map shows the victims of gun violence: 494 nonfatal and 134 fatal shooting victims so far in 2026.

Shooting Victim Statistics by Category

Outcome. Fatal indicates whether the Philadelphia Police Department shooting-victim record is classified as fatal.
Outcome distribution breakdown
CategoryCountPercentage
Fatal13421.3%
Nonfatal49478.7%
Court Search Result. Yes means the automated Pennsylvania court-portal search returned a result for the PPD incident number. No means a completed search returned an explicit no-results response. Unknown means the incident has not yet been checked or the search was unavailable, incomplete, or inconclusive. New incidents remain Unknown until a later completed court search. This flag does not establish how a record relates to a victim or report a case outcome.
Court Search Result distribution breakdown
CategoryCountPercentage
Yes21934.9%
No40965.1%
Unknown00%
Gender. Categories reproduce the reported sex field in the Philadelphia Police Department source data, which supplies Male and Female values.
Gender distribution breakdown
CategoryCountPercentage
Male54586.8%
Female8313.2%
Race/Ethnicity. Categories use the reported race field together with the source's Latino indicator. Other/Unknown covers any remaining or missing values.
Race/Ethnicity distribution breakdown
CategoryCountPercentage
White (Non-Hispanic)426.7%
Black (Non-Hispanic)48076.4%
Hispanic10015.9%
Asian50.8%
Other/Unknown10.2%
Age Group. Age group is derived from reported age: under 18, 18 to 30, 31 to 45, over 45, or Unknown when age is unavailable.
Age Group distribution breakdown
CategoryCountPercentage
Under 18528.3%
18 to 3026842.7%
31 to 4521033.4%
Over 459214.6%
Unknown61%