{"id":74807,"date":"2025-12-31T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/74807\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:00:10","slug":"watch-live-philadelphia-da-krasner-police-to-discuss-lower-homicide-totals-safe-new-year-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/74807\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Live: Philadelphia DA Krasner, police to discuss lower homicide totals, safe New Year celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia’s law enforcement leaders will wrap up 2025 with tips on celebrating New Year’s Eve safely, and review the city’s year-end crime numbers.<\/p>\n

District Attorney Larry Krasner, Sheriff Rochelle Bilal, Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. and Philadelphia police officials are set to speak in a news conference at 11 a.m. You can watch live in the player above or wherever CBS News Philadelphia is streaming.<\/p>\n

Krasner’s office said in a news release that the city is ending 2025 with “historical crime reductions.”<\/p>\n

Data on Philadelphia police’s website<\/a> shows homicides, violent crimes and property crimes are all down in 2025 compared to 2024.<\/p>\n

Homicides dropped from 269 in 2024 to 220 in 2025, a decrease of about 18%.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Bilal urged Philadelphia residents not to celebrate the arrival of 2026 by firing their guns in the air<\/a>. Celebratory gunfire is hazardous and cause injuries or death, Bilal said.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia will host a major New Year’s Eve celebration on the Ben Franklin Parkway<\/a> with fireworks following a concert from LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Adam Blackstone, Dorothy and Technician the DJ.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/p>\n

\n

Matt Cavallo<\/a><\/p>\n

contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n

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