Crime in Logan Square, Philadelphia

About 90,859 people work in Logan Square, 5.5 times its 16,534 residents (Census jobs data, 2023). The rates divide by residents only, so they run high here: most people in Logan Square on a weekday live somewhere else. The counts, and how they change from year to year, say more than the rate.

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 16,534 for Logan Square. 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.

Logan Square is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 50 of 124. Nearby in the ranking: Wynnefield (2,724), Francisville (2,707), West Powelton (2,644), Wissinoming (2,583).

“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 52% of Logan Square’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.