Дата публикации: 10-08-2026 10:11:39

Philadelphia is seeing notably fewer homicides this year than in recent years, even as a violent weekend underscored the continued impact of crime on families and neighborhoods across the city.
The city has recorded 108 homicides so far this year — about a third of the number seen at this point four and five years ago.
Violent crime overall is also down compared with last year, according to crime and population data analyzed by the NBC10 Investigators. So far this year, more than 440 violent crimes have been reported for every 100,000 people in Philadelphia. At this point last year, the rate was nearly 460 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
The violence, however, is not spread evenly throughout the city. Philadelphia Police Department data from the past week shows some areas experiencing larger numbers of violent crime incidents than others.
Following a violent weekend in Philadelphia, community organizations gathered at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office as part of efforts to improve life in neighborhoods across the city.
District Attorney Larry Krasner said the weekend should be viewed in the context of the broader decline in violence.
“We had a bad weekend; we are not having a bad year,” Krasner said.
Krasner was distributing violence prevention grants through a program that dates back to 2021. Asked whether the approach changes when violence numbers are lower than in previous years, Krasner said it does not.
“The short answer is it isn’t; we have seen what works,” Krasner said.
Among the organizations receiving a $10,000 award was Mastermind Cooperative, which runs a green jobs workforce development program.
Jamir Johnson described how participating in a green jobs program gave him another direction after facing a gun case last year.
“I got a gun case last year, and I was really trying to figure out what lawyers figure out what I was going to be,” Johnson said.
“I basically applied for Desi’s Green Futures program so I can beat this case and I can congratulate myself for not going to jail and actually doing something positive in my community,” Johnson said.
The violence prevention grant program is funded through civil asset forfeiture funds seized by law enforcement.
Asked how organizations are monitored after receiving money, Krasner said the District Attorney’s Office has a compliance process but tries not to make it overly burdensome, particularly for smaller organizations without large staffs.
“We do have a detailed compliance process we check in w these org they go through a vetting that is v substantial from the phila foundation bf the phila foundation makes its recommenations to us as to whether these are worthy org,” Krasner said.
Here is a full list of the violence prevention grantees and the microgrant amount:
A Little Taste of Everything DBA Mill Creek Urban Farm – $10,000 
Action for Justice Collective  – $5,000 
Agape African Senior Center – $5,000 
By Faith Eternal Health Care (DBA By Faith Health and Healing)  – $5,000 
East Falls Town Watch, Inc. – $5,000 
Fair Amount Food Forest – $5,000 
Fernhill Food Forest – $10,000 
Historic Fair Hill – $10,000 
Human Rights Coalition: Toxic Prisons Campaign – $5,000 
Mural Arts Philadelphia – $20,000 
Nicetown CDC – $20,000 
North Light Community Center – $10,000 
North Philadelphia Peace Park – $10,000 
North Philly Project – $10,000 
Northwest Victim Services – $20,000 
Ordinarie Heroes – $10,000 
Original American Foundation – $5,000 
Philadelphia Youth Basketball – $5,000 
Philadelphia Youth Football Academy – $5,000 
Reinhard St. Community Farm & Kitchen – $5,000 
Roxborough Development Corporation – $10,000 
Sanctuary Farm Phila – $10,000 
Simple Homes – $10,000 
T.E.A.M Inc. – $10,000 
The MasterMind Cooperative – $10,000 
West Central Germantown Neighbors – $10,000 
Applications for additional grant funding are currently not being accepted, officials said. The DAO will reopen the application process later this year.
Part of this story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.

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