University City District Responds to Community Requests and Publishes New Community and Public Safety data online

(Philadelphia, PA) — In an effort to improve communication to the community, University City District has made recent enhancements to its website. In cooperation with The University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, The Philadelphia Police Department and the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, University City District (UCD) is acting on neighborhood concerns regarding the lack of information on crimes committed and arrests made in University City and is publishing arrest and crime data at http://www.ucityphila.org/ucd_programs/public_safety/crime-and-arrest-reports. In addition, UCD has created a ‘Living in University City’ section (http://www.ucityphila.org/about_ucity/living-in-university-city) making it easy to locate detailed data and demographics on University City historic districts, neighborhood associations, housing, education and people.

Lewis Wendell, Executive Director for University City District says, “The University City District has been considering providing additional information on the community and public safety on our web-site for some time now. After discussions with residents and with our public safety partners in University City, we have rolled out these new features on our web-site that will provide more information on living in the neighborhood as a resource for new-comers and visitors as well as detailed information about crime in the area. We want to empower our community with this information so that they can ensure their own personal safety and property, and it is our intention that this information will be helpful and will act as a reference point for residents interested in finding out what is happening in their neighborhood.”

Release Date: Monday, March 17th 2008