The 10 Safest Neighborhoods In Philadelphia For 2020

How We Determined The Safest Philadelphia Hoods In 2020

You can ask people which neighborhoods are the safest, or you can just look at the unbiased raw data. So, instead of relying on speculation and opinion, we analyzed the hard numbers from the FBIs most recent crime report (published in September of 2019) for every neighborhood in Philadelphia.

To be more specific, we analyzed the FBIs Uniform Crime Report. We then ran an analysis to calculate each neighborhoods property and violent crimes based on the demographics of the area and reported crime. We used two key criteria:

• Total Crimes Per Capita
• Violent Crimes Per Capita
• Property Crimes Per Capita

We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 56 in each category, where 1 was the safest.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a safe neighborhood index.

And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest safest neighborhood index the ‘Safest City Neighborhood In Philadelphia.’ We’re lookin’ at you, Bustleton.

Read on below to learn more about what it’s like to live in the safest places Philadelphia. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city from safest to most expensive.

The 10 Safest Neighborhoods To Live In Philadelphia For 2020

The Bustleton section of Northeast Philadelphia is located in the Far Northeast, north of Rhawnhurst and Fox Chase and south of Somerton; sitting between Roosevelt Boulevard to the east, the city boundary to the west, Red Lion Road to the north, and Pennypack Park to the south, it is centered at the intersection of Grant Avenue and Bustleton Avenue and is completely included in the 19115 postal zip code.

The violent crime per 100K people in Bustleton comes in at 208 and the property crime per capita is 1,046 for 2020.

Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is known for its high incomes and real estate values, as well as its private schools.

The violent crime per 100K people in Chestnut Hill comes in at 258 and the property crime per capita is 1,244 for 2020.

Somerton is a neighborhood in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is bounded by Red Lion Road on the south, Roosevelt Boulevard on the east, East County Line Road and Poquessing Creek on the north, and the Philadelphia County / Montgomery County line on the west. Somerton is adjacent to the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Bustleton, Normandy, and Byberry, the townships of Bensalem and Lower Southampton in Bucks County, and Lower Moreland Township in Montgomery County. The area is home to a large and fast-growing foreign-born population, most notably of Russian and Indian immigrants.

The violent crime per 100K people in Somerton comes in at 277 and the property crime per capita is 1,276 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Fox Chase comes in at 277 and the property crime per capita is 1,303 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Academy Gardens comes in at 364 and the property crime per capita is 1,237 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Rhawnhurst comes in at 340 and the property crime per capita is 1,599 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Torresdale comes in at 427 and the property crime per capita is 1,490 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Wharton-Hawthorne-Bella Vista comes in at 481 and the property crime per capita is 1,780 for 2020.

The violent crime per 100K people in Byberry comes in at 468 and the property crime per capita is 1,899 for 2020.

Manayunk is a neighborhood in the northwestern section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Located on the banks of the Schuylkill River, it contains the first canal begun in the United States. The area’s name is derived from the language of the Lenape Indians. In 1686-dated papers between William Penn and the Lenape, the Lenape referred to the Schuylkill River as ‘Manaiung’, their word for ‘river’, which literally translates as ‘place to drink’; the word was later altered and adopted as the town’s name.

The violent crime per 100K people in Manayunk comes in at 421 and the property crime per capita is 2,043 for 2020.