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Safest Neighborhoods in Philadelphia: Crime Data & ZIP Guide
Compare Philadelphia ZIPs and neighborhoods by violent and property crime rates, find ZIPs below the city average, and learn how to verify any address.
A quiet block in Philadelphia can change fast a few streets later. A calm rowhouse stretch may sit near a busier corridor, a station walk, or a retail strip that leaves a louder police record after dark.
This guide points to the parts of Philadelphia that came in below the city average for violent crime and, in many cases, property crime too. The short answer: Far Northeast areas like Bustleton, Somerton, and Fox Chase stand out, and Chestnut Hill also stays well below the city line. Some South Philadelphia residential pockets also look calmer than the city as a whole, but ZIP lines blur the picture there.
The street-level warning stays the same throughout: a neighborhood name is not enough. ZIP codes, police lines, and local neighborhood labels do not match cleanly, so one calm-looking area can hold a busier edge inside the same postal zone.
What matters most:
- Bustleton (ZIP 19115) is one of the cleanest matches between neighborhood and ZIP, with violent crime far below the city rate.
- Chestnut Hill (ZIP 19118) also tracks cleanly and stays well under the city average.
- Somerton, Fox Chase, and Rhawnhurst read quieter than Philadelphia overall.
- In South Philly, places like Marconi Plaza, Packer Park, Girard Estate, Pennsport, Bella Vista, and Queen Village look calmer on the residential streets, but nearby commercial corridors can add noise to the ZIP totals.
- ZIP-only judgments can mislead. A mail route is not a safety border.
The city file itself has moved in the right direction since 2025. Through July 2026, violent crime and property crime were both down year over year, and homicides fell to their lowest point since 1966. That helps at the city scale. It does not erase the block-by-block split.
The safest-looking pattern in this file sits in the Far Northeast and parts of the Northwest. The most stable bets for a clean ZIP-to-neighborhood match are 19115 and 19118. By contrast, places like 19147 need an address check, not a broad ZIP verdict, because quiet residential blocks sit close to heavy foot-traffic streets.
A few numbers tell the story fast:
- Philadelphia citywide violent crime: about 990 per 100,000 residents
- Bustleton: 204 per 100,000
- Chestnut Hill: 279 per 100,000
- Somerton: 338 per 100,000
- Fox Chase: 342 per 100,000
That is where the map starts to dim.
Still, the file only shows what police recorded. It cannot tell a reader about lighting, late-night foot traffic, building security, or how a walk feels after 10:00 p.m. For any move, hotel, or parking decision, the safest move is simple: check the exact address, then check the nearby streets.
If the goal is a short list, the clearest picks from this report are Bustleton/19115 and Chestnut Hill/19118, followed by Somerton, Fox Chase, and selected quieter parts of South Philadelphia.
What Are the Safest Neighborhoods in Philadelphia? - Everything About Philadelphia
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1. Aden's ZIP Philadelphia City Report
The Aden's ZIP Philadelphia city report sets the city first, then tests any ZIP code against that same city line. The comparison uses Philadelphia Police Department dashboard records and FBI NIBRS files, with crime rates converted into incidents per 1,000 residents using 2024 Census population estimates.[2][6] That gives each ZIP one plain test: safer than Philadelphia overall, or not.
The current file uses records updated through Aug. 17, 2026. Through July 30, 2026, the city's trend line has moved in the right direction: violent crime is down 4.08% year over year, property crime is down 9.44%, and homicides are down 24.60% - the lowest point since 1966.[2] Even with that drop, Philadelphia still sits well above the national violent-crime line: 9.9 incidents per 1,000 residents, against 3.6 nationwide.[6]
| Citywide Metric | Change vs. 2025 (through July 30, 2026) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | −4.08% | PPD / FBI NIBRS [2] |
| Property crime | −9.44% | PPD / FBI NIBRS [2] |
| Homicides | −24.60% | PPD / FBI NIBRS [2] |
| Violent crime rate | 9.9 per 1,000 residents | PPD / FBI NIBRS / U.S. Census [2][6] |
A ZIP code can look clean on paper and still hide sharp block-by-block swings. That is because ZIP codes are mail routes, not neighborhood borders. One ZIP can hold several neighborhoods, and the feel of one section may not match the next.
The Aden's ZIP report deals with that problem by matching PPD incident records to police districts and Police Service Areas, the city's own map of how calls and reports are organized.[4] That gives the reader a tighter street-level read than a single ZIP average can offer.
The free Aden's ZIP report puts the city rate and the ZIP rate in the same frame. Start with any Philadelphia address, then use the next sections to see which neighborhoods sit inside that ZIP and where the pattern changes from one pocket of the city to another.
2. Far Northeast Philadelphia Neighborhoods
Far Northeast Philadelphia sits well below the city's violent-crime baseline. The citywide rate stands at 9.9 per 1,000 residents, or 990 per 100,000. Against that line, Bustleton, Somerton, and Fox Chase look notably quieter: Bustleton at 204 per 100,000, Somerton at 338, and Fox Chase at 342. In Bustleton, total crime runs about 68% below the Philadelphia average.[1][2]
Violent and Property Crime Rates
Property crime stays lower here too, though the gaps between neighborhoods are a bit more visible. Bustleton posts 2,096 property crimes per 100,000 residents. Fox Chase comes in at 3,098, Somerton at 3,285, and Rhawnhurst at 3,693. Holmesburry-Torresdale breaks from the rest of the Far Northeast pattern, with a violent-crime rate that runs higher than the nearby neighborhoods.[1]
| Neighborhood | Violent Crime (per 100k) | Property Crime (per 100k) |
|---|---|---|
| Bustleton | 204 | 2,096 |
| Somerton | 338 | 3,285 |
| Fox Chase | 342 | 3,098 |
| Rhawnhurst | 392 | 3,693 |
| Holmesburry-Torresdale | 829 | 3,042 |
| Philadelphia Citywide | ~990 | - |
Data period: through July 2026. Source: PPD / FBI NIBRS [1][2]
The pattern is clear on the map. Most of this section of the city stays in the lower range, with one area flashing a brighter warning than the others. That becomes more useful in the ZIP-code sections ahead, where the picture tightens from neighborhood scale to the exact mailing zones people use.
ZIP and Address Verification
These neighborhoods cross several ZIP codes, so a neighborhood name alone is not enough. One side of a street can feel calm on paper while the next cluster of blocks tells a different story.
Check a specific address in the Aden's ZIP report, then verify the block on the Philadelphia Police Department map.[4]
Source: PPD incident data and FBI NIBRS records through July 2026. Sources: [1] neighborhood crime rate rankings; [2] PPD dashboard / FBI NIBRS trend data; [4] PPD district and PSA mapping; [5] ZIP code mapping.
3. Northwest Philadelphia Neighborhoods Near Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy
In the quieter parts of Northwest Philadelphia, the violent-crime picture falls well below the city's baseline. Chestnut Hill and West Mount Airy both sit far under Philadelphia's citywide violent-crime rate of 9.9 per 1,000 residents (990 per 100,000).[2]
Violent Crime Rate
Chestnut Hill records a violent crime rate of 279 per 100,000 residents - about 72% below the citywide rate.[1] On the map, Chestnut Hill ties most closely to ZIP code 19118, while West Mount Airy lines up with 19119.
There is one caution in the file. Chestnut Hill has a small population, so a handful of incidents can shift the per-capita rate more than they would in a denser part of the city. The gap between Chestnut Hill and West Mount Airy works best as a direction, not a razor-exact margin.[7]
Property Crime Rate
Chestnut Hill records 3,093 property crimes per 100,000 residents.[1] Citywide, Philadelphia's property crime risk runs at 1 in 31 residents per year.[5]
That matters because property crime is often the quieter signal on the street: theft from a car, a break-in, a stolen package, the kind of trouble that does not always change the feel of a block until it repeats.
Boundary Fit and ZIPs
Neighborhood names and ZIP lines do not lock together cleanly.[5] The postal map and the local map drift at the edges, so the exact address matters.
- East Mount Airy and Cedarbrook align with 19150
- West Mount Airy aligns with 19119
- Chestnut Hill aligns with 19118 [2][5]
| Neighborhood | Violent Crime (per 100k) | Property Crime (per 100k) | Primary ZIP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Hill | 279 [1] | 3,093 [1] | 19118 |
| Philadelphia Citywide | ~990 | - | - |
Through July 2026. Source: PPD / FBI NIBRS [1][2]
Use Aden's ZIP report to confirm the address. The next section moves south and runs the same city-versus-neighborhood check on another group of lower-crime areas.
Sources: [1] neighborhood crime rate rankings; [2] PPD dashboard / FBI NIBRS trend data through July 2026; [4] PPD district and PSA mapping; [5] neighborhood safety grades and median income data; [7] population density figures.
4. Selected South Philadelphia Residential Neighborhoods
South Philadelphia follows the same street-level rule as the rest of the city. A calm residential block can sit inside a ZIP that also carries a louder commercial strip. The map mixes both. Against Philadelphia's city baseline, several South Philly residential areas still come in below average.
Residential Safety Pattern and Commercial-Corridor Effect
Marconi Plaza and Packer Park sit among the quieter residential sections of South Philly. Girard Estate, Pennsport, and Bella Vista follow close behind. Point Breeze runs less safe than those neighborhoods.
The split shows up more in property crime than in violence. Corridors like the Italian Market, South Street, and East Passyunk Avenue pull in more police reports than the residential streets behind them, and most of that extra activity is property crime, not violent crime.[9]
Boundary Fit and ZIPs
ZIP lines blur the scene. ZIP 19147 covers both the quieter blocks of Queen Village and the heavy-foot-traffic stretch along South Street, so the postal code can look riskier than a single side street actually is.[2][9] That is why ZIP 19147 calls for an address check, not a ZIP-only verdict.
The table below links South Philly neighborhoods to ZIP codes and official crime data.[2]
| Neighborhood | ZIP Code | Violent Crime vs. City | Property Crime vs. City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marconi Plaza | 19148 | Well below average | Below average |
| Packer Park | 19148 / 19145 | Well below average | Below average |
| Girard Estate | 19145 | Below average | Below average |
| Pennsport | 19147 / 19148 | Below average | Below average |
| Bella Vista | 19147 | Below average | Below average |
| Queen Village | 19147 | Below average | Mixed (corridor effect) |
Point Breeze (19146) runs higher than the neighborhoods above and works better as a contrast than a direct comparison.[2]
Check the address, not the ZIP alone. Use Aden's ZIP report to verify a specific South Philly address against the city baseline.
5. ZIP Code 19115
ZIP code 19115 sits over Bustleton in Far Northeast Philadelphia. At this scale, the line is clean. The ZIP follows Bustleton’s lower-crime pattern closely.
Crime Rates
The numbers stay well below the city’s pace. 19115 records 204 violent crimes per 100,000 residents and 2,096 property crimes per 100,000 residents.[1][2] Philadelphia as a whole sits at 990 violent crimes per 100,000.[1][2]
That gap matters. On the city map, 19115 reads as one of Philadelphia’s lower-crime ZIP codes.
Boundary Fit
The ZIP and the neighborhood are almost the same size on paper. 19115 has 35,721 residents, while Bustleton has 34,562.[1][5]
That close match makes the ZIP file useful here. When people say Bustleton, the 19115 crime record usually tracks the same place they mean. For an address inside Bustleton, 19115 is a clean ZIP-level check.
Use Aden's ZIP report for 19115 to check a specific address against these figures before drawing conclusions.
Data period: Philadelphia open crime data through July 2026. Crime rates are per 100,000 residents and reflect reported, recorded incidents - not every event that occurred.
6. ZIP Code 19114
ZIP code 19114 covers Parkwood, Millbrook, Academy Gardens, and Torresdale in Far Northeast Philadelphia.
Crime Rates
In the city file, 19114 records 829 violent crimes per 100,000 residents and 3,042 property crimes per 100,000 residents.[1] That puts it above 19115 on both violent and property crime. Philadelphia citywide stands at 990 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.[1][2]
The ZIP-wide number tells part of the story, not the whole street.
What's Inside the ZIP
Inside 19114, the picture shifts by neighborhood. Parkwood and Millbrook carry A+ safety grades, while Academy Gardens and Torresdale rank among the city's top 20 neighborhoods.[9]
That matters. A ZIP line can sweep together quiet residential pockets and busier edges in the same frame. Near major corridors, one stretch of road can change the tone fast.[9]
Boundary Fit
The boundary is broad. 19114 spans several distinct neighborhoods and 32,555 residents, which means the ZIP average can blur hotspot blocks and miss the feel of a single address.[5]
For an address-level check, use Aden's ZIP report for 19114 and compare the exact location against the city baseline.
Data period: Philadelphia open crime data through July 2026, using the Philadelphia Police Department crime dashboard and the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system.[1][2]
7. ZIP Code 19118
ZIP code 19118 lines up with Chestnut Hill almost exactly in Northwest Philadelphia: 10,750 residents in 19118 against 10,783 in Chestnut Hill.[1][5] In a city where lines often drift, this one stays tight. That makes 19118 one of the cleanest ZIP-to-neighborhood matches in Philadelphia.
Crime Rates
Most of 19118’s low-crime pattern comes from Chestnut Hill.[1][2] The record is quiet by city standards. 19118 logs 279 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, about 71.8% below Philadelphia’s citywide rate of 990 per 100,000.[1][6]
That puts 19118 well under the city line.
Property crime runs higher than violent crime, as it does in many parts of Philadelphia. 19118 posts 3,093 property crime incidents per 100,000 residents.[1]
Firearm Incidents
Current public reports do not break out firearm-only figures for 19118. For this ZIP, violent crime is the nearest stand-in available.[1][6]
Boundary Fit
The overlap here is unusually close, so ZIP-level numbers carry more weight than they do in many other parts of the city. Still, one address can sit on a calmer street while the next turns toward a busier edge.
Use Aden's ZIP report for 19118 to check a specific address against the city baseline, then set that beside the broader, more mixed pattern in 19114.
The next ZIP, 19114, is a looser match. Its map shows how one postal line can hold quiet interior blocks and stronger outer edges at the same time.
Data period: Philadelphia open crime data through July 2026.[2]
8. ZIP Code 19127
ZIP code 19127 is mostly Manayunk in Northwest Philadelphia, with 7,112 residents.[5] On the map, this is one of the cleaner matches in the city: the ZIP and the neighborhood largely move together. Roxborough sits mostly next door in 19128, a much larger ZIP with 35,532 residents.[5]
Crime Rates
The city line matters here. Philadelphia records 990 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.[1][2]
Manayunk sits well below that mark for both violent crime and property crime.[1][2] The pattern matches the rest of Northwest Philadelphia covered in this report: quieter than the city, with less recorded trouble on the books.[1][2]
Firearm Incidents
No ZIP-level firearm total is listed for 19127.[1][6]
Boundary Fit
The center of 19127 is Manayunk's commercial spine and riverfront stretch.[5] Roxborough is mostly tied to 19128, not this ZIP.[5]
Use Aden's ZIP report for 19127 to check a specific address against the city baseline.
Data period: Philadelphia open crime data through July 2026.[2] Last verified: August 22, 2026.
Strengths, Tradeoffs, and Data Limits
The rankings help. They do not tell the whole story.
Every number in this guide comes from reported incidents, not every crime that happened. Some events never make it into the record. That missing space matters.
The map can blur things too. Philadelphia has no single official neighborhood map, so names and borders shift depending on the source. ZIP codes follow mail routes, not safety lines. One address can read one way at the neighborhood level, another way in a ZIP code view, and another way again inside a patrol boundary. That is why this guide breaks those views apart.
Small populations can swing per-capita rates hard.[1][5]
Use the smallest area that still answers the question. If the goal is one street, a broad area average can hide too much. If the goal is citywide sorting, a block-level view may be more detail than needed.
| Data Source | Best For | What It May Miss | How to Use It |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood-level data | Long-term property crime trends and local context [3] | Block-by-block variance; no standardized boundary definition [1][5] | General lifestyle fit and safety feel for an area |
| ZIP code data | Broad geographic sorting and mail-based searches [8] | Address-level differences can disappear in the average [5] | High-level filtering, not a final verdict on any address |
| Police district / PSA data | Official patrol boundaries and response-area context [4] | Community nuances; does not map neatly to locally named neighborhoods [4] | Identify which precinct covers a specific street |
| PPD interactive maps | Recent incidents near a specific address [4] | Historical trends or long-term safety grades [5] | Use the Crime Stats Circle to see recent activity around an address [4] |
| national reported-crime benchmark | Standardized per-capita comparisons across U.S. cities [1] | Real-time shifts; data often lags by months or more [3] | Benchmark Philadelphia against national averages [1] |
| Aden's ZIP reports | ZIP-level context for one address or ZIP [8] | Block-level feel - lighting, foot traffic, private security [3] | Cross-reference with PPD maps before making a decision [4] |
Many area scores use a neighborhood centroid. In plain terms, the score may be pinned to the middle of an area, not the exact block in front of you. On boundary streets, that can bend the picture. An address check usually says more than an area average.
How to Check a Specific Address and Key Takeaways
Use the neighborhood and ZIP rankings as a first pass. Then check the exact block before making a call. Crime rates are averages. One street can feel settled while the next one carries a different pattern. Safety can also shift after the Aug. 22, 2026 verification date, so every number here is a snapshot.
For a single address, the PPD Interactive Map is the street-level check. Open the map and use "Create a Crime Stats Circle" to draw a 0.25-mile or 0.5-mile radius. Then review violent and property crime trends over time.[4] For ZIP context, use Aden's ZIP.
Match the tool to the question in front of you.
| Who's Asking | Best Starting Point | What to Focus On |
|---|---|---|
| Movers / Renters | PPD Interactive Map [4] | Recent incident clusters within a custom radius of the address |
| Homebuyers | PPD Map + Aden's ZIP report | Year-over-year crime trend, ZIP-level context, and density |
| Visitors | PPD Interactive Map | Busy, well-lit streets |
| Safety Researchers | national reported-crime benchmark [1] | Per-capita violent and property crime benchmarked against national averages |
The table above shows which tool fits each use case. After that, check the block after dark. Look at lighting. Watch foot traffic. If the address sits near a boundary, check both the block and the ZIP.
Data reflect 2025 PPD reported incidents, verified Aug. 22, 2026. Police records capture reported incidents only, and ZIP boundaries can differ from neighborhood patterns.
FAQs
Which Philadelphia ZIP codes are the safest overall?
Based on 2026 crime records, the quietest ZIP codes sit mostly in Far Northeast Philadelphia and parts of the Northwest. On the map, 19116 (Somerton) stands out again and again as one of the city's safest pockets.
Other low-crime ZIP codes include:
- 19118 (Chestnut Hill)
- 19119 (West Mount Airy)
- 19106 (Society Hill/Center City East)
- 19127 (Manayunk)
- 19147 (Queen Village/South Philadelphia)
These are not identical places. Some are leafy and removed from the city's main rush. Others sit closer to busy streets but still keep a calmer record in the 2026 file.
Why can a safe neighborhood still have a higher-crime ZIP code?
Crime rates usually get averaged across a bigger area. A ZIP code may hold many different blocks, and those blocks do not always tell the same story after dark.
One part of the ZIP code may stay quiet, while a nearby stretch pulls in more police reports and pushes the full ZIP-level rate higher. That is why neighborhood-level records matter. They can reveal calmer pockets that a ZIP-wide summary tends to blur.
How should I check safety for one exact Philadelphia address?
Use the Philadelphia Police Department’s official interactive map to check reported incidents near the address. The map lets you set date ranges, turn on police district or service area lines, and use the Crime Stats Circle tool to measure recorded crime inside a custom radius.
Some points land on a block instead of an exact address. That blur is part of the system. Even so, these official tools remain the strongest public record for judging street-level safety in a specific area.