Crime in Fishtown - Lower Kensington, Philadelphia

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 17,556 for Fishtown - Lower Kensington. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.

SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.

Fishtown - Lower Kensington is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 72 of 124. Nearby in the ranking: Rittenhouse (1,747), Cedarbrook (1,710), Lower Moyamensing (1,641), Bridesburg (1,632).

“Block” is the hundred-block as the police department publishes it (for example 20XX W Glenwood Ave), never an exact address. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 10 account for 28% of Fishtown - Lower Kensington’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.