ZIP 19106 covers City Center East in Philadelphia, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is ZIP 19106 in Philadelphia safe?
Crime in ZIP 19106 is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than ZIP 19106. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against D. Philadelphia as a whole grades F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within ZIP 19106 run from B+ to F, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 568 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
21% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than ZIP 19106 as a whole, and 79% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 19106 scores 568.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in ZIP 19106, Philadelphia, PA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 19106 in Philadelphia, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in ZIP 19106
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Philadelphia as a whole, 93% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Thefts and car thefts both run high. In ZIP 19106, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 49.0 thefts and 9.9 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.7 nationally.
How ZIP 19106 compares within Philadelphia
Areas graded C are home to 47% of residents in ZIP 19106; 41% live in areas graded A or B and 12% in areas graded D or F. Grades across ZIP 19106 run from B+ to F; every part of ZIP 19106 has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
41%47%12%
A or B 41%C 47%D or F 12%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 19106 has less crime than 38 of the 48 ZIP codes in Philadelphia.
Crime rates and types in ZIP 19106
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 19106 has about 98 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and close to Philadelphia as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in ZIP 19106 is theft, about 50% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Police Department polices ZIP 19106; these figures cover Philadelphia as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Philadelphia as a whole, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (96%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (93%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (72%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism.
How ZIP 19106 compares with nearby ZIP codes
ZIP 19106 has less crime than 8 of its 9 nearest ZIP codes; only ZIP 19102 has less.
Crime costs ZIP 19106 about $1,538 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 28% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $32 million a year, or $2,330 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in ZIP 19106 means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in ZIP 19106, Philadelphia, PA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 30% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in ZIP 19106 on SchoolGrade
