TABLE 1
HISTORY OF HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATES
PHILADELPHIA 1965 vs. 1996
Year
1
Homicides
Solved
Clearance rate (percent)
Unsolved homicides
1965
205
190
93
15
1975
435
374
86
61
1985
275
209
76
66
1990
525
418
80
107
1994
433
294
68
139
1995
448
284
63
164
1996
431
241
56
190