Summary Arrests

Year to Date Through 02/21/2025

Definitions | Limitations

The data below show Philadelphia totals for people arrested by local and state law enforcement agencies for ‘Summary’ offenses. Summary offenses are the lowest level of criminal offense in Pennslyvania, often refered to as ‘non-traffic citations.’ Unlike Misdemeanors and Felonies, the police in Philadelphia can arrest and charge a person for a summary offense without the intervention of the District Attorney’s Office.

  62%

666 Arrests YTD

All Offenses

  79%

431 Arrests YTD

Property Offenses

  0

1 Arrests YTD

Drug Offenses

  13%

34 Arrests YTD

Other Offenses

All Offenses

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the criminal legal system. Among other changes, overall arrests and cases charged have been lower than prior years and those arrests that have happened tend to be for more serious offenses. Because of this, statistics about arrests, cases charged, and bail should be interpreted with caution.

Yearly Summary Arrests by Police District

Data: YTD Count of Summary Arrests by Offense Category

Offense Category
2011 YTD
2012 YTD
2013 YTD
2014 YTD
2015 YTD
2016 YTD
2017 YTD
2018 YTD
2019 YTD
2020 YTD
2021 YTD
2022 YTD
2023 YTD
2024 YTD
2025 YTD
All Property Offenses
539
768
957
1,235
1,206
939
869
916
917
510
251
202
307
241
431
All Drug Offenses
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
All Other Offenses
364
445
495
400
328
343
129
115
65
41
8
26
35
30
34
Uncategorized Offenses
711
1,329
1,375
1,751
1,886
735
213
144
181
148
59
91
120
139
200
All Offenses
1,616
2,543
2,827
3,386
3,420
2,017
1,211
1,176
1,163
699
320
320
462
410
666

Property

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the criminal legal system. Among other changes, overall arrests and cases charged have been lower than prior years and those arrests that have happened tend to be for more serious offenses. Because of this, statistics about arrests, cases charged, and bail should be interpreted with caution.

Yearly Summary Arrests by Police District

Data: YTD Count of Summary Arrests by Offense Category

Offense Category
2011 YTD
2012 YTD
2013 YTD
2014 YTD
2015 YTD
2016 YTD
2017 YTD
2018 YTD
2019 YTD
2020 YTD
2021 YTD
2022 YTD
2023 YTD
2024 YTD
2025 YTD
366
406
382
299
319
265
221
234
268
338
153
98
178
121
288
23
29
19
23
24
10
17
27
40
87
27
22
33
21
44
3
57
155
630
555
378
338
448
524
17
7
20
16
21
26
99
209
323
214
227
239
271
185
74
52
54
55
61
68
67
48
35
42
33
41
33
19
22
11
15
10
7
19
10
6
0
32
36
36
40
14
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
All Property Offenses
539
768
957
1,235
1,206
939
869
916
917
510
251
202
307
241
431

Drugs

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the criminal legal system. Among other changes, overall arrests and cases charged have been lower than prior years and those arrests that have happened tend to be for more serious offenses. Because of this, statistics about arrests, cases charged, and bail should be interpreted with caution.

Yearly Summary Arrests by Police District

Data: YTD Count of Summary Arrests by Offense Category

Offense Category
2011 YTD
2012 YTD
2013 YTD
2014 YTD
2015 YTD
2016 YTD
2017 YTD
2018 YTD
2019 YTD
2020 YTD
2021 YTD
2022 YTD
2023 YTD
2024 YTD
2025 YTD
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
All Drug Offenses
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1

Other

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the criminal legal system. Among other changes, overall arrests and cases charged have been lower than prior years and those arrests that have happened tend to be for more serious offenses. Because of this, statistics about arrests, cases charged, and bail should be interpreted with caution.

Yearly Summary Arrests by Police District

Data: YTD Count of Summary Arrests by Offense Category

Offense Category
2011 YTD
2012 YTD
2013 YTD
2014 YTD
2015 YTD
2016 YTD
2017 YTD
2018 YTD
2019 YTD
2020 YTD
2021 YTD
2022 YTD
2023 YTD
2024 YTD
2025 YTD
276
354
424
333
252
248
98
98
56
23
7
22
33
29
23
22
39
23
18
24
15
11
5
0
17
0
0
0
0
4
62
52
45
47
51
79
16
12
9
1
1
4
2
1
6
4
0
3
2
1
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
All Other Offenses
364
445
495
400
328
343
129
115
65
41
8
26
35
30
34