Safest & Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in Philadelphia

Neighborhoods ranked: 128
Reports, 30 days: 12,774
Violent, 30 days: 3,600
Violent / sq mi: 30; city-wide, median 31

Safest neighborhoods in Philadelphia#

The 10 Philadelphia neighborhoods with the fewest violent crime reports per square mile over the last 30 days. Low numbers mean few reports where people live and work, not that nothing ever happens there.

Safest neighborhoods in Philadelphia
#	Neighborhood	Violent / sq mi	Violent	All reports
1	Byberry	1.2	2	4
2	Port Richmond	1.6	1	3
3	Dearnley Park	1.7	1	2
4	Chestnut Hill	2.8	8	57
5	Normandy Village	3.5	1	3
6	Blue Bell Hill	3.7	1	6
7	Bartram Village	3.8	2	10
8	Clearview	3.9	1	12
9	Riverfront	4.2	13	105
10	Andorra	4.6	4	9

Most dangerous neighborhoods in Philadelphia#

The 10 neighborhoods with the most violent crime reports per square mile. Downtowns, nightlife districts and transit hubs rank high partly because so many people pass through them; a report is where an incident was recorded, not a judgment on the people who live there.

Neighborhoods with the most violent crime reports in Philadelphia
#	Neighborhood	Violent / sq mi	Violent	All reports
1	Washington Square West	162	53	206
2	Stanton	161	73	174
3	North Central	135	96	339
4	Rittenhouse	107	56	290
5	Hartranft	95	89	276
6	Haddington	93	74	200
7	Upper Kensington	90	73	499
8	Carroll Park	89	42	84
9	Cobbs Creek	86	116	267
10	Francisville	85	18	70

All 150 Philadelphia neighborhoods#

Every neighborhood, safest first (1 = the fewest violent crime reports per square mile). Neighborhoods under 0.2 square miles are listed without a rank: a single report would swing their figure.

Philadelphia neighborhoods ranked by violent crime reports per square mile
#	Neighborhood	Violent / sq mi	Violent	All reports
1	Byberry	1.2	2	4
2	Port Richmond	1.6	1	3
3	Dearnley Park	1.7	1	2
4	Chestnut Hill	2.8	8	57
5	Normandy Village	3.5	1	3
6	Blue Bell Hill	3.7	1	6
7	Bartram Village	3.8	2	10
8	Clearview	3.9	1	12
9	Riverfront	4.2	13	105
10	Andorra	4.6	4	9
11	Packer Park	4.8	5	28
12	West Torresdale	4.8	1	22
13	Upper Roxborough	4.9	12	43
14	Fox Chase	5.1	10	70
15	East Falls	5.4	8	49
16	Torresdale	5.6	13	67
17	Franklin Mills	5.6	3	25
18	West Mount Airy	5.9	11	61
19	Bustleton	6.1	25	100
20	Somerton	6.3	29	102
21	Pennypack	7.3	9	59
22	Eastwick	7.6	20	59
23	Burholme	8.0	3	10
24	Pennypack Woods	8.3	4	20
25	Crescentville	8.6	5	22
26	Manayunk	9.5	5	28
27	Modena	9.5	8	55
28	Aston-Woodbridge	9.9	5	14
29	Parkwood Manor	10	17	76
30	Roxborough Park	12	4	15
31	East Oak Lane	12	10	35
32	Melrose Park Gardens	12	3	12
33	Pennsport	13	3	29
34	Morrell Park	13	12	47
35	Northwood	14	14	93
36	Lexington Park	15	6	24
37	Bridesburg	15	24	81
38	Lawndale	15	21	174
39	Millbrook	16	7	26
40	Academy Gardens	17	9	24
41	Tacony	17	30	114
42	East Mount Airy	17	26	94
43	East Passyunk	17	4	30
44	University City	18	24	170
45	Wissahickon	19	6	22
46	Cedarbrook	20	18	40
47	Germany Hill	20	5	7
48	Society Hill	20	5	25
49	Holmesburg	21	62	173
50	Fishtown - Lower Kensington	21	25	139
51	Rhawnhurst	21	43	235
52	Winchester Park	21	5	11
53	Wynnefield Heights	22	13	26
54	Roxborough	22	18	71
55	Graduate Hospital	24	12	104
56	Spruce Hill	24	8	50
57	Oxford Circle	26	55	221
58	Wissinoming	28	43	162
59	Fairmount	28	8	51
60	West Powelton	29	7	29
61	Overbrook	29	79	169
62	Mayfair	29	55	203
63	Girard Estates	30	19	107
64	Wynnefield	30	34	82
65	Penrose	31	9	17
66	Passyunk Square	32	10	64
67	West Oak Lane	33	61	181
68	West Central Germantown	33	18	60
69	Richmond	34	96	617
70	Wister	35	13	38
71	Fern Rock	37	11	53
72	Cedar Park	37	12	32
73	Juniata Park	38	44	155
74	Queen Village	38	9	35
75	Old City	40	18	89
76	Olney	41	73	236
77	Whitman	41	11	39
78	Grays Ferry	42	47	127
79	Germantown - Morton	44	16	37
80	West Poplar	45	13	65
81	Kingsessing	47	48	119
82	Feltonville	47	47	157
83	Yorktown	47	13	60
84	West Parkside	49	13	37
85	Mantua	49	32	98
86	Logan	49	69	178
87	Ogontz	50	32	95
88	Spring Garden	50	12	42
89	Allegheny West	52	60	181
90	Elmwood	54	42	107
91	Northern Liberties	54	39	150
92	Summerdale	54	14	36
93	East Germantown	54	50	103
94	Nicetown	55	13	32
95	Old Kensington	56	15	94
96	Frankford	58	85	256
97	Mill Creek	58	32	88
98	Logan Square	59	39	119
99	Southwest Schuylkill	59	29	61
100	Tioga	59	67	181
101	Germantown - Westside	60	14	34
102	Harrowgate	60	54	220
103	Strawberry Mansion	60	55	145
104	Lower Moyamensing	62	23	81
105	Paschall	63	44	129
106	Fairhill	63	17	67
107	Newbold	67	14	46
108	Walnut Hill	67	16	43
109	Brewerytown	67	27	95
110	Hunting Park	68	95	207
111	West Passyunk	69	16	41
112	Southwest Germantown	70	36	85
113	West Kensington	70	49	168
114	Franklinville	71	36	97
115	Glenwood	72	25	60
116	Point Breeze	74	45	140
117	East Kensington	81	22	88
118	Callowhill	81	17	44
119	Francisville	85	18	70
120	Cobbs Creek	86	116	267
121	Carroll Park	89	42	84
122	Upper Kensington	90	73	499
123	Haddington	93	74	200
124	Hartranft	95	89	276
125	Rittenhouse	107	56	290
126	North Central	135	96	339
127	Stanton	161	73	174
128	Washington Square West	162	53	206
—	Bella Vista	—	3	24
—	Belmont	—	13	34
—	Center City East	—	20	96
—	Chinatown	—	1	4
—	Crestmont Farms	—	0	2
—	Dickinson Narrows	—	2	16
—	Dunlap	—	6	15
—	East Parkside	—	16	36
—	East Poplar	—	11	23
—	Fitler Square	—	2	7
—	Garden Court	—	2	15
—	Germantown - Penn Knox	—	14	46
—	Greenwich	—	4	14
—	Haverford North	—	11	25
—	Hawthorne	—	5	31
—	Ludlow	—	13	38
—	McGuire	—	12	35
—	Mechanicsville	—	0	4
—	Powelton	—	4	23
—	Sharswood	—	9	30
—	Wissahickon Hills	—	1	3
—	Woodland Terrace	—	0	3

How this ranking works#

Data: every crime report Philadelphia PD published for the last 30 days, placed in a neighborhood from its block-level location.
Measure: violent crime reports (assault, robbery, homicide, sex offenses and similar) per square mile of the neighborhood, so large and small areas compare fairly.
Limits:reports are preliminary and are not convictions; departments do not publish every incident; busy areas count visitors' incidents too. Treat the ranking as a starting point and check the blocks you care about on the map.
Boundaries: OpenDataPhilly Philadelphia neighborhoods (CC BY 4.0). 265 reports fell outside these outlines (parks, airports, the edge of the city) and are not counted.

Questions#

What is the safest neighborhood in Philadelphia?

By violent crime reports per square mile over the last 30 days, Byberry ranks first, with 2 violent reports on 1.6 square miles. Port Richmond and Dearnley Park follow.

What is the most dangerous neighborhood in Philadelphia?

Washington Square West has the most violent crime reports per square mile right now (162, against a city median of 31). Rankings shift month to month, and a few blocks often account for most of a neighborhood's reports.

How often is this ranking updated?

Warden recomputes it every few hours from Philadelphia PD's open-data feed. Last computed Nov 4, 8:15 AM ET.

About this data#

Philadelphia Police Department via opendataphilly.org, City of Philadelphia (as is). Locations are approximate, usually the block. All agencies: data sources.

Neighborhood rankings in other cities#

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Safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Philadelphia