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Safety index · River Wards, Philadelphia · data through November 2026

Is Fishtown - Lower Kensington safe?

Fishtown - Lower Kensington shows a typical level of reported crime for Philadelphia. Its SafeRoute safety index is 59 out of 100 — 5 points above the citywide median of 54, ranking 61st of 151 Philadelphia neighborhoods — based on 1,431 incidents reported to the Philadelphia Police within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

59/100
Moderate
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Fishtown - Lower Kensington — higher is safer. 61st of 151 Philadelphia neighborhoods.

DATA THROUGH NOVEMBER 2026 · 10 MONTHS OF DATA

The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Philadelphia — a typical Philadelphia neighborhood sits near 54. It ranks Fishtown - Lower Kensington against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.

Most of what's reported here is property-related — other theft alone is 38% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.

Reported incidents here skew to daytime and evening hours — only about 12% of severity-weighted reports fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).

Where incidents cluster

Delaware ExpresswayNorth American Street neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center1,431 incidents reported within 1 km of the Fishtown - Lower Kensington center (500 shown) · Philadelphia Police data through November 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the north of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Other theft
548 · 38%
Vehicle crime
351 · 25%
Violent crime
206 · 14%
Criminal damage & arson
146 · 10%
Other
80 · 6%
Burglary
46 · 3%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.

Is Philadelphia safe at night? See which neighborhoods see the most reported crime after dark →

Walking in Fishtown - Lower Kensington at night?

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Common questions

Is Fishtown - Lower Kensington safe at night?

Moderate overall (safety index 59/100). About 31% of severity-weighted incidents in Fishtown - Lower Kensington are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.

What is the most common crime in Fishtown - Lower Kensington?

Other theft — 548 of 1,431 incidents (38%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 10 months to November 2026.

How is the Fishtown - Lower Kensington safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Philadelphia Police Department by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Philadelphia, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.