Goal

7. Reduce crime in neighborhoods and throughout the community. 

Key Resources

 Fighting Neighborhood Crime. Creating safe streets and reducing crime generally remains another top priority of the City of Philadelphia. This web page found on PhillyNeighborhoods.org provides fast action to the Police, the Courts, the Prisons, and City programs like Town Watch that aim at involving citizens in the fight against crime.

Crime Base-Crime Base is a database of major and minor crimes between 1998 and 2004 provided to the Neighborhood Information System at the University of Pennsylvania by the Philadelphia Police Department. It is an invaluable resource, enabling you to track the frequency of a wide range of crimes by census tract, neighborhood, zip code, and City Council District. Anyone serious about reducing crime in his or her neighborhood should learn how to use CrimeBase.

Town Watch-The main citizen-based program aimed at reducing neighborhood crime.

Philadelphia Police Department-Direct link to their web site.

District Attorney-Direct link to the District Attorney's web site.

1st Judicial District-Link to the web site of the Philadelphia Courts.

Youth Aid Panel-Supported by the District Attorney's Office, Youth Aid Panels offer citizen review and sentencing of first time juvenile offenders. The web forth explains how neighborhoods can apply to become one.

Safe Schools Campaign-A campaign coordinated by the Institute for the Study of Civic Values aimed at reducing crime in and around Philadelphia's schools.