Violent crime is high in ZIP 19147: a B, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 78% of Americans live. Assaults make up 84% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Philadelphia as a whole grades D- for violent crime.
B
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 645 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than ZIP 19147 as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. ZIP 19147 scores 645.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in ZIP 19147, Philadelphia, PA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 19147 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 about violent crime in ZIP 19147
Robberies run high for a ZIP code with a B for violent crime. ZIP 19147 has 1.9 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US ZIP code graded B for violent crime, the figure is 0.70.
How ZIP 19147 compares within Philadelphia
Low violent crime is the norm across ZIP 19147: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across ZIP 19147 run from A- to D+.
81%16%
A or B 81%C 16%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 19147 has less violent crime than 32 of the 48 ZIP codes in Philadelphia.
Violent crime rates and types in ZIP 19147
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 19147 has about 15 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% more than the US as a whole and 36% less than Philadelphia as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in ZIP 19147, about 84% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Police Department polices ZIP 19147; these figures cover Philadelphia as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Philadelphia as a whole, 35% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 64% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in ZIP 19147 and nearby ZIP codes
ZIP 19147 has more violent crime than 5 of its 9 nearest ZIP codes. ZIP 19103 and ZIP 19102 have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from ZIP 19147. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with ZIP codes of similar size and density, ZIP 19147 has more violent crime than 52% of them.
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs ZIP 19147 about $56 million a year, or $1,402 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $13 million, or $329 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
