Neighborhood safety · Philadelphia · data through September 2026

How safe is your Philadelphia neighborhood?

SafeRoute scores every Philadelphia neighborhood 0–100 from incidents reported to the Philadelphia Police Department — severity-weighted, within 1 km of each area's center, normalized citywide. Higher is safer. The same data powers the SafeRoute app's crime-aware walking routes.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighborhood's center — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. Note: the Philadelphia Police publish incident locations at block level for privacy, so dots mark blocks, not addresses. Citywide median index: 54/100.

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Central

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Queen Village	61/100	Moderate	1,067
Fairmount	54/100	Moderate	1,350
Northern Liberties	54/100	Moderate	1,450
Fitler Square	52/100	Moderate	1,756
Spring Garden	50/100	Moderate	1,647
Society Hill	49/100	Elevated	1,735
Bella Vista	47/100	Elevated	1,922
East Poplar	47/100	Elevated	1,772
Graduate Hospital	46/100	Elevated	2,293
Old City	44/100	Elevated	2,144
Francisville	42/100	Elevated	2,169
West Poplar	42/100	Elevated	2,106
Callowhill	40/100	Elevated	2,496
Hawthorne	40/100	Elevated	2,709
Logan Square	39/100	Elevated	2,573
Rittenhouse	30/100	Elevated	3,961
Chinatown	29/100	Elevated	4,023
Washington Square West	26/100	Elevated	4,876
Center City East	25/100	Elevated	4,928

How safe is Central Philadelphia? Median 44/100 across 19 neighborhoods →

Central Northeast

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Fox Chase	78/100	Low risk	528
Burholme	74/100	Moderate	672
Lexington Park	73/100	Moderate	649
Rhawnhurst	68/100	Moderate	840
Oxford Circle	58/100	Moderate	1,132

How safe is Central Northeast, Philadelphia? Median 73/100 across 5 neighborhoods →

Lower Far Northeast

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Mechanicsville	96/100	Low risk	69
Normandy Village	90/100	Low risk	214
Winchester Park	90/100	Low risk	201
West Torresdale	87/100	Low risk	251
Crestmont Farms	86/100	Low risk	243
Millbrook	84/100	Low risk	330
Morrell Park	84/100	Low risk	282
Pennypack Woods	84/100	Low risk	333
Franklin Mills	83/100	Low risk	351
Modena	82/100	Low risk	344
Aston-Woodbridge	81/100	Low risk	399
Parkwood Manor	81/100	Low risk	447
Academy Gardens	77/100	Low risk	581
Pennypack	77/100	Low risk	489

How safe is Lower Far Northeast, Philadelphia? Median 84/100 across 14 neighborhoods →

Lower North

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Old Kensington	47/100	Elevated	1,838
Ludlow	43/100	Elevated	2,162
Brewerytown	42/100	Elevated	2,020
West Kensington	42/100	Elevated	2,033
Strawberry Mansion	40/100	Elevated	2,007
Sharswood	38/100	Elevated	2,390
Yorktown	35/100	Elevated	3,177
Hartranft	33/100	Elevated	2,873
Stanton	31/100	Elevated	3,176
North Central	28/100	Elevated	4,046

How safe is Lower North, Philadelphia? Median 40/100 across 10 neighborhoods →

Lower Northeast

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Lawndale	74/100	Moderate	543
Northwood	67/100	Moderate	896
Summerdale	62/100	Moderate	981
Crescentville	60/100	Moderate	1,107
Frankford	47/100	Elevated	1,636

How safe is Lower Northeast, Philadelphia? Median 62/100 across 5 neighborhoods →

Lower Northwest

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Andorra	98/100	Low risk	45
Dearnley Park	95/100	Low risk	102
Upper Roxborough	91/100	Low risk	197
Roxborough Park	86/100	Low risk	301
East Falls	85/100	Low risk	302
Wissahickon	85/100	Low risk	305
Wissahickon Hills	84/100	Low risk	323
Germany Hill	83/100	Low risk	364
Manayunk	83/100	Low risk	333
Roxborough	81/100	Low risk	378

How safe is Lower Northwest, Philadelphia? Median 85/100 across 10 neighborhoods →

Lower South

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Navy Yard	99/100	Low risk	16
Packer Park	87/100	Low risk	281
Stadium District	84/100	Low risk	295

How safe is Lower South, Philadelphia? Median 87/100 across 3 neighborhoods →

Lower Southwest

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Eastwick	82/100	Low risk	375
Clearview	76/100	Low risk	482
Penrose	66/100	Moderate	810
Paschall	47/100	Elevated	1,635
Elmwood	45/100	Elevated	1,832

How safe is Lower Southwest, Philadelphia? Median 66/100 across 5 neighborhoods →

North

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Juniata Park	57/100	Moderate	1,230
Allegheny West	56/100	Moderate	1,157
Tioga	51/100	Moderate	1,379
Feltonville	48/100	Elevated	1,647
Nicetown	47/100	Elevated	1,594
Hunting Park	44/100	Elevated	1,925
Fairhill	38/100	Elevated	2,614
Glenwood	38/100	Elevated	2,330
Franklinville	37/100	Elevated	2,586
McGuire	32/100	Elevated	3,434
Upper Kensington	23/100	High risk	5,736

How safe is North Philadelphia? Median 44/100 across 11 neighborhoods →

North Delaware

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Torresdale	93/100	Low risk	118
Holmesburg	75/100	Low risk	460
Tacony	67/100	Moderate	740
Mayfair	56/100	Moderate	1,423
Wissinoming	56/100	Moderate	1,269

How safe is North Delaware, Philadelphia? Median 67/100 across 5 neighborhoods →

River Wards

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Port Richmond	85/100	Low risk	273
Bridesburg	84/100	Low risk	339
Richmond	63/100	Moderate	990
Fishtown - Lower Kensington	60/100	Moderate	1,150
East Kensington	39/100	Elevated	2,490
Harrowgate	38/100	Elevated	2,579

How safe is River Wards, Philadelphia? Median 63/100 across 6 neighborhoods →

South

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Riverfront	70/100	Moderate	851
Girard Estates	57/100	Moderate	1,300
Grays Ferry	56/100	Moderate	1,296
Whitman	53/100	Moderate	1,489
Pennsport	52/100	Moderate	1,594
Dickinson Narrows	50/100	Moderate	1,680
Greenwich	49/100	Elevated	1,717
Newbold	49/100	Elevated	1,714
Passyunk Square	49/100	Elevated	1,797
Lower Moyamensing	48/100	Elevated	1,742
West Passyunk	48/100	Elevated	1,865
East Passyunk	47/100	Elevated	1,808
Point Breeze	43/100	Elevated	2,459

How safe is South Philadelphia? Median 49/100 across 13 neighborhoods →

University Southwest

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Bartram Village	73/100	Moderate	558
Woodland Terrace	64/100	Moderate	964
University City	60/100	Moderate	1,152
Southwest Schuylkill	56/100	Moderate	1,085
Spruce Hill	54/100	Moderate	1,382
Cedar Park	52/100	Moderate	1,390
Powelton	51/100	Moderate	1,493
Garden Court	47/100	Elevated	1,686
Kingsessing	47/100	Elevated	1,553
Walnut Hill	43/100	Elevated	1,969
West Powelton	43/100	Elevated	1,977

How safe is University Southwest, Philadelphia? Median 52/100 across 11 neighborhoods →

Upper Far Northeast

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Byberry	98/100	Low risk	33
Somerton	89/100	Low risk	207
Bustleton	88/100	Low risk	224

How safe is Upper Far Northeast, Philadelphia? Median 89/100 across 3 neighborhoods →

Upper North

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Melrose Park Gardens	74/100	Moderate	553
Cedarbrook	72/100	Moderate	582
East Oak Lane	72/100	Moderate	613
West Oak Lane	57/100	Moderate	1,162
Olney	56/100	Moderate	1,232
Fern Rock	53/100	Moderate	1,317
Logan	52/100	Moderate	1,313
Ogontz	48/100	Elevated	1,603

How safe is Upper North, Philadelphia? Median 57/100 across 8 neighborhoods →

Upper Northwest

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Chestnut Hill	93/100	Low risk	118
West Mount Airy	86/100	Low risk	266
East Mount Airy	70/100	Moderate	687
West Central Germantown	57/100	Moderate	1,176
Germantown - Westside	54/100	Moderate	1,304
Southwest Germantown	54/100	Moderate	1,223
East Germantown	53/100	Moderate	1,264
Germantown - Morton	52/100	Moderate	1,313
Wister	51/100	Moderate	1,438
Germantown - Penn Knox	47/100	Elevated	1,670

How safe is Upper Northwest, Philadelphia? Median 54/100 across 10 neighborhoods →

West

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Overbrook	63/100	Moderate	801
Mantua	53/100	Moderate	1,260
Belmont	44/100	Elevated	1,794
Cobbs Creek	42/100	Elevated	1,947
Haverford North	42/100	Elevated	1,994
Mill Creek	41/100	Elevated	1,989
Carroll Park	38/100	Elevated	2,268
Dunlap	37/100	Elevated	2,328
Haddington	34/100	Elevated	2,610

How safe is West Philadelphia? Median 42/100 across 9 neighborhoods →

West Park

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Wynnefield Heights	75/100	Low risk	503
Wynnefield	69/100	Moderate	653
East Parkside	53/100	Moderate	1,201
West Parkside	51/100	Moderate	1,364

How safe is West Park, Philadelphia? Median 69/100 across 4 neighborhoods →

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Methodology

Each incident reported to the Philadelphia Police Department (via OpenDataPhilly) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every neighborhood we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its center, and normalize against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Boundaries are the 158 neighborhoods the city publishes, grouped by the 18 Planning Districts the City Planning Commission uses; seven are not scored because nobody lives in them — both halves of Fairmount Park, Wissahickon and Pennypack Parks, the two airports, and the Southwest refinery belt labelled "Industrial" — where near-zero reported crime would read as falsely "safe" rather than as empty land. Time-of-day charts use PPD dispatch timestamps, severity-weighted. Locations are published at block level for privacy. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares areas within Philadelphia. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — Philadelphia's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.