Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Neighborhood crime trends

Philadelphia Cobbs Creek

Name: Crimes per 1,000 residents by neighborhood, Cobbs Creek, Q1 2022 to Q2 2026
Creator: CrimesLog

24 neighborhoods - a quarterly race to the lowest crime rate.

Crime Trends: Neighborhoods compared - each quarter from Q1 2022

Philadelphia as a whole averaged 25.7 crimes for every 1,000 residents per quarter in Q2 2026, while Cobbs Creek averaged 27.4 (leaving out 2 places with almost no residents), hence it is generally less safe when all crimes are considered.

How do the 24 neighborhoods of Cobbs Creek compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 5,759 crimes across them, 27.4 for every 1,000 residents. That is 3.2% below a year earlier and 5.8% above Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Powelton has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (12.6 per 1,000), followed by Cedar Park (13.0) and Spruce Hill (13.2). Belmont has the highest (45.7).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 24 PHILADELPHIA COBBS CREEK NEIGHBORHOODs race across 18 quarter periods from Q1 2022 to Q2 2026 - one crime category at a time or all together. The race chart can be used to compare average crime rates by category against Philadelphia's average.

Neighborhood boundaries are defined by OpenDataPhilly / Robert Cheetham (CC BY) and simplified by CrimesLog.

A little history

Cobbs Creek in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is the most populous city in Pennsylvania and is known for its culture, cuisine, and history. Cobbs Creek is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of the city, named for the creek that forms part of Philadelphia's western border. It is generally bounded by Market Street to the north, the Media/Wawa Regional Rail Line to the south, South 50th Street to the east and Cobbs Creek Park to the west.

Notable neighborhoods in Philadelphia's Cobbs Creek district include:

Mill Creek. Mill Creek is a neighborhood in West Philadelphia, between 44th and 52nd Streets, north of Market Street and south of Girard Avenue. It was named for Philadelphia's Mill Creek, which was buried during 19th-century sewer system improvements. In 1961, the sewer collapsed, taking homes with it.

University City and Spruce Hill. University City is the easternmost portion of West Philadelphia and encompasses several Philadelphia universities. It sits directly across the Schuylkill River from Center City. Spruce Hill is a neighborhood in the University City section of West Philadelphia, between 38th and 46th streets, stretching from Market Street south to Woodland Avenue.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Powelton

12.6 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Belmont

45.7 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

27.4 per 1,000

3.2% below a year earlier ·

5.8% above Q1 2022

Compared

24 neighborhoods

210,050 residents · 18 quarters

Philadelphia Cobbs Creek neighborhood quarterly crime race

Press ▶︎ to watch Q1 2022 to Q2 2026. Tick one crime category or several; hover a bar for the neighborhood. Property crimes includes burglaries and thefts.

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Shedwick Philly, Powelton — **Powelton** · Shedwick Philly
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Haines W Philly 1, Cedar Park — **Cedar Park** · Haines W Philly 1
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Garden Court HD Philly, Garden Court — **Garden Court** · Garden Court HD Philly
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk 01, University City — **University City** · Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk 01
Photo: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Cobbs Creek Auto Burb, Cobbs Creek — **Cobbs Creek** · Cobbs Creek Auto Burb
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Shoemaker Jr HS Philly, Carroll Park — **Carroll Park** · Shoemaker Jr HS Philly
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Telephone Building Philly, West Powelton — **West Powelton** · Telephone Building Philly
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

How neighborhoods moved each quarter

2022

Whole-area crime rate 25.9 to 31.2 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2022).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up East Parkside 17th→9th (Q2) moved down Dunlap 6th→17th (Q2) Kingsessing 14th→10th (Q3) Mantua 8th→15th (Q3) West Powelton 14th→8th (Q4) Southwest Schuylkill 13th→9th (Q4) Mantua 15th→11th (Q4) Mill Creek 17th→12th (Q4) Kingsessing 10th→14th (Q4) Garden Court 5th→15th (Q4) moved up Bartram Village 20th→16th (Q4) moved down Walnut Hill 11th→18th (Q4)

2023

Whole-area crime rate 28.3 to 32.6 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2023).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Garden Court 15th→4th (Q1) Walnut Hill 18th→9th (Q1) moved down Cobbs Creek 6th→10th (Q1) Carroll Park 5th→11th (Q1) West Powelton 8th→15th (Q1) Southwest Schuylkill 9th→16th (Q1) Mill Creek 12th→17th (Q1) Bartram Village 16th→20th (Q1) West Powelton 15th→7th (Q2) moved up Bartram Village 20th→16th (Q2) Walnut Hill 9th→17th (Q2) moved down Dunlap 14th→19th (Q2) Cobbs Creek 8th→12th (Q3) Cobbs Creek 12th→5th (Q4) East Parkside 13th→7th (Q4) Kingsessing 14th→9th (Q4) University City 5th→11th (Q4) West Powelton 7th→14th (Q4) Southwest Schuylkill 11th→16th (Q4)

2024

Whole-area crime rate 26.9 to 31.0 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2024).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up West Powelton 14th→6th (Q1) University City 11th→7th (Q1) Dunlap 19th→10th (Q1) Belmont 18th→14th (Q1) moved down Elmwood 10th→16th (Q1) East Parkside 7th→18th (Q1) Southwest Schuylkill 17th→7th (Q2) Walnut Hill 19th→10th (Q2) West Powelton 6th→12th (Q2) Kingsessing 9th→13th (Q2) moved up East Parkside 18th→14th (Q2) Mantua 13th→17th (Q2) Mill Creek 12th→18th (Q2) Bartram Village 15th→20th (Q2) Carroll Park 11th→7th (Q3) Mantua 17th→9th (Q3) moved down Southwest Schuylkill 7th→14th (Q3) Walnut Hill 10th→16th (Q3) Belmont 16th→21st (Q3) Bartram Village 18th→6th (Q4) moved up West Powelton 13th→8th (Q4) Carroll Park 7th→12th (Q4) Mantua 9th→15th (Q4)

2025

Whole-area crime rate 22.5 to 31.0 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2025).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Carroll Park 12th→7th (Q1) Elmwood 13th→8th (Q1) Walnut Hill 18th→14th (Q1) moved down Bartram Village 6th→16th (Q1) Dunlap 10th→17th (Q1) Dunlap 17th→6th (Q2) Bartram Village 16th→8th (Q2) East Parkside 15th→9th (Q2) Carroll Park 7th→11th (Q2) Mantua 18th→14th (Q2) University City 9th→15th (Q2) Southwest Schuylkill 11th→16th (Q2) Mill Creek 13th→17th (Q2) moved down Walnut Hill 14th→18th (Q2) moved up Bartram Village 8th→4th (Q3) Kingsessing 12th→7th (Q3) Southwest Schuylkill 16th→11th (Q3) Dunlap 6th→12th (Q3) East Parkside 9th→16th (Q3)

2026

Whole-area crime rate 22.6 to 27.4 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Dunlap 13th→8th (Q1) moved down Elmwood 10th→14th (Q1) West Powelton 15th→10th (Q2) Mill Creek 19th→15th (Q2) Dunlap 8th→18th (Q2) Belmont 17th→22nd (Q2)

Reported Safety Incidents

In Q2 2026: property incidents were 42% (2,403), violent incidents were 36% (2,061), vehicle crimes were 12% (664) and public order incidents were 2% (88).

Recorded crime here is grouped into violent crime, property crime (burglary and theft), vehicle crime and public order offences, so you can compare how safe each neighborhood is for the kind of crime that matters to you.

Places we left out, and places to read with care

Left out: East Park; West Park. They have almost no residents: their crimes are against visitors, so a rate per resident says little about living there.

Industrial (618.0 per 1,000 from 110 crimes among 178 residents), West Parkside (171.0 per 1,000 from 146 crimes among 854 residents), Woodland Terrace (9.0 per 1,000 from 13 crimes among 1,438 residents), Haverford North (41.7 per 1,000 from 63 crimes among 1,512 residents), Dunlap (37.5 per 1,000 from 73 crimes among 1,948 residents) and Bartram Village (18.5 per 1,000 from 43 crimes among 2,323 residents) are places with few residents (under 3,000): a rate on so few people says little about living there, so they are not named as the lowest or highest.

The 24 neighborhoods on the map

Cobbs Creek is made of 24 neighborhoods compared here, each in its own colour on the map. They are the neighborhoods of OpenDataPhilly (Robert Cheetham, CC BY), grouped into areas of the city by CrimesLog: 210,050 residents between them.

Bartram Village
Belmont
Carroll Park
Cedar Park
Cobbs Creek
Dunlap
East Parkside
Elmwood
Garden Court
Haddington
Haverford North
Industrial
Kingsessing
Mantua
Mill Creek
Paschall
Powelton
Southwest Schuylkill
Spruce Hill
University City
Walnut Hill
West Parkside
West Powelton
Woodland Terrace

All 24 neighborhoods, Q2 2026

Crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026, lowest first. The last two columns compare with Q1 2022.
#	Neighborhood	Residents	All	Violent	Property	Vehicle	Public order	Rate vs Q1 2022	Places gained
1	Woodland Terrace †	1,438	9.0	3.5	4.9	0.7	0.0	35%	3
2	Powelton	4,359	12.6	3.0	6.4	2.8	0.0	31%	1
3	Cedar Park	8,833	13.0	3.7	7.0	1.8	0.0	1%	–
4	Spruce Hill	10,933	13.2	1.8	8.6	2.1	0.0	7%	1
5	Garden Court	3,032	13.2	3.3	7.3	2.0	0.0	21%	3
6	Bartram Village †	2,323	18.5	6.9	5.6	3.0	0.0	52%	14
7	University City	18,667	22.3	4.0	12.8	2.8	0.9	7%	–
8	Cobbs Creek	35,608	22.6	8.7	9.0	2.2	0.1	3%	1
9	Carroll Park	14,046	25.4	11.5	8.9	2.4	0.5	20%	1
10	West Powelton	4,245	25.9	7.1	13.7	3.5	0.2	8%	4
11	Southwest Schuylkill	7,491	26.4	9.3	11.3	4.1	0.3	1%	2
12	Elmwood	16,352	26.5	10.4	8.9	3.1	0.2	8%	1
13	Kingsessing	19,123	27.6	11.2	10.0	3.0	0.1	11%	1
14	Mantua	8,272	30.3	10.8	12.2	5.0	0.1	27%	4
15	Mill Creek	8,883	32.6	11.0	12.3	4.0	2.3	12%	–
16	Walnut Hill	5,062	32.8	11.1	15.8	4.0	0.6	9%	–
17	Haddington	18,858	35.0	16.6	11.8	2.6	0.9	5%	2
18	Dunlap †	1,948	37.5	9.2	11.3	9.8	0.0	128%	12
19	Paschall	11,291	38.7	15.1	13.3	5.0	0.2	16%	1
20	Haverford North †	1,512	41.7	13.9	19.2	3.3	0.7	45%	2
21	East Parkside	3,023	45.0	18.5	16.5	6.0	0.7	46%	4
22	Belmont	3,719	45.7	16.9	17.2	4.0	1.9	5%	1
23	West Parkside †	854	171.0	43.3	120.6	4.7	0.0	16%	–
24	Industrial †	178	618.0	61.8	455.1	89.9	0.0	57%	–

† Industrial, West Parkside, Woodland Terrace, Haverford North, Dunlap and Bartram Village are places with few residents. A rate on a very small number of residents or crimes is not comparable with the others.

Photographs

49 photographs of the 24 neighborhoods run along the reel; click one to see it full size. Each is credited here and under the large view.

All 49 photographs and their credits

Powelton · Shedwick Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Cedar Park · Haines W Philly 1. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Spruce Hill · Pinehurst Apartments W Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Garden Court · Garden Court HD Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
University City · Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk 01. Photo: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cobbs Creek · Cobbs Creek Auto Burb. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Carroll Park · Shoemaker Jr HS Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
West Powelton · Telephone Building Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Mantua · Boathouse Row-wide. Photo: Jeffrey M. Vinocur, CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Mill Creek · Blankenburg School 4600. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Walnut Hill · Chestnut Street West Philadelphia 3. Photo: Ii2nmd, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Haddington · Brooks School Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Dunlap · Dunlap School Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
East Parkside · Parkside HD Philly a. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Belmont · Belmont School Philly A. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
East Park · Strawberry Mansion Bridge 2024. Photo: Ii2nmd, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Park · Memorial Hall Roof Sculptures Philly SE Corner. Photo: Smallbones, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cedar Park · Haines Entrance W Phillyt. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Spruce Hill · Spruce Hill in Autumn. Photo: David Hilowitz, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
University City · Fisher Fine Arts Library of the University of Pennsylvania. Photo: AttaleianAnatolian, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cobbs Creek · Walnut Park Plaza A. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Mantua · Wild_Iris_House_Mural. Photo: Michael M Stokes, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Mill Creek · Our Mother of Sorrows Church 2025. Photo: Dwkaminski, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Walnut Hill · Breslyn Apartments Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Dunlap · Market Frankford El Near 46th St.. Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Belmont · Hillside Living 02. Photo: typicalgenius, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
East Park · Randolph House Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
West Park · Eastern Centennial Comfort Station from E. Photo: Smallbones, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cedar Park · Haines Tower W Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
University City · Walnut Street University City 4. Photo: Ii2nmd, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Mantua · Street. Photo: non-euclidean photography, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
Mill Creek · Sulzberger Jr HS Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Walnut Hill · La Blanche Philly A. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Belmont · Hillside Living 01. Photo: typicalgenius, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
East Park · 33rd St Bridge Philly a. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
West Park · City Avenue Bridges 2024. Photo: Ii2nmd, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cedar Park · Cedar Park Porches. Photo: Sstolper at English Wikipedia (Original text: en:User:Sstolper), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
University City · Walnut Street University City 5. Photo: Ii2nmd, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Mantua · Mantua_Row_House_Details2. Photo: Michael M Stokes, CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
East Park · Hatfield House Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
West Park · Memorial Hall Roof Sculptures Philly. Photo: Smallbones, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cedar Park · 47th and Baltimore. Photo: Sstolper at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
University City · Chestnut Street West Philadelphia. Photo: Ii2nmd, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Park · Art Museum at Twilight. Photo: michaelwm25, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
West Park · Better Belmont Bridge. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
University City · Claudia Cohen Hall. Photo: Bohao Zhao, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
East Park · 9.26.06RockyStatueByLuigiNovi2. Photo: Luigi Novi, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
University City · Market Street from 30th Street Station. Photo: Bohao Zhao, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
University City · PRR Freight Building Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Sources and notes

CrimesLog sources crime incident data published by the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) through the City of Philadelphia Open Data Portal (OpenDataPhilly), containing public sector information released under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.

Population: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (public domain).

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Neighborhood boundaries are defined by OpenDataPhilly / Robert Cheetham (CC BY), grouped into areas of the city by CrimesLog and simplified by CrimesLog. The photographs are credited under each picture.

Rates are recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, quarter by quarter; where a neighborhood has fewer than 100 residents the rate would be worked out on 100 (those places are left out of the race). A count of recorded crime is not a verdict on any neighborhood.