Erie police release first half of 2025 crime stats, marks drop in violent crime

Erie police release first half of 2025 crime stats, marks drop in violent crime

Violent crimes are down, but general thefts are up in the City of Erie, that's according to a crime statistics report released by Chief of Police Dan Spizarny Thursday morning. The chief came to Mayor Joe Schember's weekly press conference on Thursday, detailing city crime statistics from the first half of 2025. City of Erie sees decrease in crime based on 2024 stats According to the city's report, there have been two homicides thus far in…