An interactive data visualization and analysis of fatal shooting victims in Philadelphia from January 2015 to April 2025, based on publicly available data from the Philadelphia Police Department via OpenDataPhilly.
🔗 Live Project: https://anilkumar3494.github.io/Philadelphia_Shooting_Victims_Analysis/
This project was developed as part of Drexel University's INFO 659 course. The primary goals of the project were:
- To understand the profile of a fatal shooting victim in Philadelphia.
- To identify where fatal shootings occur.
- To examine how these trends have changed over time.
- Source: OpenDataPhilly - Shooting Victims Dataset
- Time Frame: January 2015 – April 2025
- Data Includes: Victim demographics, date and location of incident, type of wound, officer involvement, etc.
- Most fatal shooting victims are Black, non-Latino males between the ages of 20–29.
- Shootings involving head or chest wounds are significantly more likely to be fatal.
- 92% of fatal shooting victims are male.
- Geospatial visualizations and heatmaps help reveal high-risk neighborhoods.
- The data shows consistent patterns over the 10-year period, with some yearly variation.
- 📌 Interactive Map: Visualize shooting incidents by year with cluster and popup features.
- 🔥 Heatmaps: Analyze fatal vs. non-fatal and officer-involved shootings at a glance.
- 🧠 Demographic Insights: Explore victim profiles by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and wound type.
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Victim demographics and wound analysis
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Year-by-year map filtering
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Interactive clustering & heatmap overlays
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Summary dashboard with key statistics
- Nicole Padilla – [email protected]
- Shawn Thomas – [email protected]
- Anil Kumar Karapa – [email protected]
- Demographic categories are limited and may reflect reporting bias.
- Data is based on officer reports, and may not fully represent how victims identify.
- The dataset does not include complete details about incidents or outcomes.
This analysis helps inform city planners, public health officials, and community advocates by:
- Identifying geographic hotspots for fatal violence.
- Helping to allocate preventative resources more effectively.
- Raising awareness of consistent patterns of victimization.
This project is for academic and educational purposes only. Data is sourced from public records provided by the City of Philadelphia.