Philadelphia Kensington Area, April 28 2021. City authorities are starting to take action

Most dangerous street in Philadelphia Kensington Philadelphia Drug Crime Problems Violent crime and drug abuse in Philadelphia as a whole is a major problem. The citys violent crime rate is higher than the national average and other similarly sized metropolitan areas. 1 Also alarming is Philadelphias drug overdose rate. The number of drug overdose deaths in the city increased by 50 from 2013 to 2015, with more than twice as many deaths from drug overdoses as deaths from homicides in 2015. 2 A big part of Philadelphias problems stem from the crime rate and drug abuse in Kensington. Because of the high number of drugs in Kensington, the neighborhood has a drug crime rate of 3. 57, the thirdhighest rate by neighborhood in Philadelphia. 3 Like a lot of the country, a big part of this issue is a result of the opioid epidemic. Opioid abuse has skyrocketed over the last two decades in the United States and Philadelphia is no exception. Along with having a high rate of drug overdose deaths, 80 percent of Phi