Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Neighborhood crime trends

Philadelphia North East

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

18 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 North East averaged 13.6 (leaving out 3 places with almost no residents), hence it is generally safer when all crimes are considered.

How do the 18 neighborhoods of North East compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 3,251 crimes across them, 13.6 for every 1,000 residents. That is 5.1% below a year earlier and 33.1% above Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Modena has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (8.0 per 1,000), followed by Aston-Woodbridge (8.0) and Bustleton (9.4). Rhawnhurst has the highest (21.8).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 18 PHILADELPHIA NORTH EAST 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

Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the most populous city in Pennsylvania and is known for its culture, cuisine, and history. Fox Chase, in the Northeast section, is approximately 10 miles northeast of Center City, and the section reaches into the Far Northeast. It includes Pennypack Park and Northeast Philadelphia Airport, and neighborhoods such as Rhawnhurst are residential.

Notable neighborhoods in Philadelphia North East include:

Academy Gardens and Pennypack. Academy Gardens lies on the eastern side of the Far Northeast, and its approximate boundaries include Pennypack Park. It was originally farmland, part of the holdings of Thomas Holme, surveyor for Pennsylvania's founder, William Penn. Pennypack sits between Northeast Philadelphia Airport and Pennypack Park. Its name comes from the Lenape word "penepekw," meaning "deep water."

Oxford Circle and Rhawnhurst. Oxford Circle, in the lower Northeast, takes its name from the much-used traffic circle at Roosevelt Boulevard and Oxford Avenue. Its boundaries are not fixed. Rhawnhurst was named for George and William Rhawn by area real estate developers. Its geographic center is at the intersection of Castor Avenue and Rhawn Street.

Lowest rate (everyday)

Modena

8.0 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026

Highest rate

Rhawnhurst

21.8 per 1,000, Q2 2026

Whole area, Q2 2026

13.6 per 1,000

5.1% below a year earlier ·

33.1% above Q1 2022

Compared

18 neighborhoods

238,875 residents · 18 quarters

Philadelphia North East 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.

Crime categories

HOTCHKIN(1892) P482 EVERGREEN TERRACE - Residence of Mr. Edward Evans, Bustleton

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Jacobs School Philly, Bustleton — **Bustleton** · Jacobs School Philly
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Watson Comly 1892, Somerton — **Somerton** · Watson Comly 1892
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Fox Chase Hotel, Fox Chase — **Fox Chase** · Fox Chase Hotel
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mechanicsville School, Mechanicsville — **Mechanicsville** · Mechanicsville School
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE) Aerial View 2024, Northeast Philadelphia Airport — **Northeast Philadelphia Airport** · Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE) Aerial View 2024
Photo: Euthman, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Lower Dublin Baptist Church Philadelphia PA, Bustleton — **Bustleton** · Lower Dublin Baptist Church Philadelphia PA
Photo: book author Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893 artist unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Fox Chase, Fox Chase — **Fox Chase** · Fox Chase
Photo: Coemgenus at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

HOTCHKIN(1892) P150 Mrs. John W. Thomas's Place, Called Bloomfield, Bustleton — **Bustleton** · HOTCHKIN(1892) P150 Mrs. John W. Thomas's Place, Called Bloomfield
Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

How neighborhoods moved each quarter

2022

Whole-area crime rate 10.2 to 14.6 per 1,000 (high: Q4 2022).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Burholme 10th→3rd (Q2) moved down West Torresdale 2nd→16th (Q2) West Torresdale 16th→9th (Q3) West Torresdale 9th→1st (Q4) Millbrook 2nd→9th (Q4)

2023

Whole-area crime rate 14.4 to 16.2 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2023).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Millbrook 9th→2nd (Q1) moved down Crestmont Farms 2nd→8th (Q1) Burholme 4th→10th (Q1) Normandy Village 5th→1st (Q2) Fox Chase 12th→7th (Q2) Pennypack Park 18th→11th (Q2) Burholme 10th→14th (Q2) West Torresdale 1st→18th (Q2) Modena 8th→3rd (Q3) Academy Gardens 13th→8th (Q3) moved up Byberry 15th→9th (Q3) moved down Millbrook 3rd→10th (Q3) Pennypack Park 11th→17th (Q3) Somerton 5th→1st (Q4) Crestmont Farms 12th→7th (Q4) Burholme 14th→10th (Q4) Byberry 9th→17th (Q4)

2024

Whole-area crime rate 13.4 to 15.2 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2024).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Pennypack Park 16th→1st (Q1) Fox Chase 8th→4th (Q1) moved down Somerton 1st→7th (Q1) Millbrook 9th→13th (Q1) Burholme 10th→15th (Q1) Modena 8th→2nd (Q2) Millbrook 13th→6th (Q2) Byberry 16th→9th (Q2) Pennypack Park 1st→14th (Q2) Academy Gardens 11th→16th (Q2) Crestmont Farms 12th→1st (Q3) Modena 2nd→9th (Q3) Pennypack 11th→16th (Q3) moved up Pennypack Park 11th→4th (Q4) Morrell Park 12th→8th (Q4) moved down Bustleton 2nd→9th (Q4) Byberry 10th→16th (Q4)

2025

Whole-area crime rate 12.1 to 14.5 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2025).

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Parkwood Manor 10th→4th (Q1) moved down Fox Chase 5th→9th (Q1) Pennypack Park 4th→14th (Q1) Morrell Park 8th→3rd (Q2) Millbrook 10th→14th (Q2) Millbrook 14th→1st (Q3) Bustleton 8th→3rd (Q3) Burholme 9th→5th (Q3) Morrell Park 3rd→7th (Q3) Aston-Woodbridge 4th→8th (Q3) Normandy Village 1st→10th (Q3) moved up Pennypack Park 17th→1st (Q4) Normandy Village 10th→2nd (Q4) moved down Somerton 4th→8th (Q4) Academy Gardens 14th→9th (Q4) Millbrook 1st→12th (Q4) Crestmont Farms 2nd→15th (Q4)

2026

Whole-area crime rate 9.9 to 13.6 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.

Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): moved up Somerton 8th→4th (Q1) Byberry 16th→9th (Q1) moved down Academy Gardens 9th→16th (Q1) Crestmont Farms 17th→2nd (Q2) Burholme 2nd→7th (Q2) Pennypack Park 3rd→10th (Q2) Byberry 9th→16th (Q2)

Reported Safety Incidents

In Q2 2026: property incidents were 50% (1,617), violent incidents were 21% (680), vehicle crimes were 20% (660) and public order incidents were 0% (10).

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.

Read category comparisons with care. A category that jumps while the total hardly moves looks like a change in how offences are classified, not in what happened: Q4 2022: violent up 26% while the total moved 8%; Q1 2024: vehicle down 33% while the total moved 9%. The whole-area rate is the steadier guide.

Places we left out, and places to read with care

Left out: Franklin Mills; Mechanicsville; Northeast Phila Airport. They have almost no residents: their crimes are against visitors, so a rate per resident says little about living there.

Crestmont Farms (7.9 per 1,000 from 2 crimes among 252 residents), West Torresdale (68.8 per 1,000 from 19 crimes among 276 residents), Pennypack Park (12.3 per 1,000 from 9 crimes among 729 residents), Byberry (19.7 per 1,000 from 20 crimes among 1,016 residents) and Normandy Village (6.1 per 1,000 from 10 crimes among 1,630 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 18 neighborhoods on the map

North East is made of 18 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: 238,875 residents between them.

Academy Gardens
Aston-Woodbridge
Burholme
Bustleton
Byberry
Crestmont Farms
Fox Chase
Millbrook
Modena
Morrell Park
Normandy Village
Oxford Circle
Parkwood Manor
Pennypack
Pennypack Park
Rhawnhurst
Somerton
West Torresdale

All 18 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	Normandy Village †	1,630	6.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	0.0	50%	11
2	Crestmont Farms †	252	7.9	0.0	0.0	7.9	0.0	Infinity%	1
3	Modena	10,556	8.0	2.2	2.5	2.1	0.0	21%	6
4	Aston-Woodbridge	5,869	8.0	2.6	3.2	1.9	0.0	57%	1
5	Bustleton	34,914	9.4	2.0	4.1	2.3	0.0	57%	–
6	Somerton	33,179	10.1	2.5	5.2	1.6	0.0	61%	1
7	Burholme	4,587	10.9	2.6	4.4	3.5	0.0	2%	3
8	Morrell Park	9,288	11.0	4.4	3.5	2.5	0.0	76%	2
9	Parkwood Manor	16,719	11.6	1.9	7.0	1.4	0.0	55%	1
10	Pennypack Park †	729	12.3	1.4	2.7	1.4	0.0	31%	8
11	Millbrook	4,470	15.2	3.4	1.6	3.4	0.0	195%	7
12	Oxford Circle	51,189	15.4	3.8	7.1	3.9	0.0	10%	2
13	Fox Chase	20,777	15.4	2.5	7.8	3.4	0.0	37%	2
14	Academy Gardens	3,940	17.0	3.8	5.1	1.5	1.5	34%	1
15	Pennypack	11,738	17.2	2.8	10.2	2.7	0.2	17%	–
16	Byberry †	1,016	19.7	7.9	5.9	4.9	0.0	18%	1
17	Rhawnhurst	27,746	21.8	3.2	13.8	3.5	0.0	48%	1
18	West Torresdale †	276	68.8	0.0	68.8	0.0	0.0	1802%	16

† Crestmont Farms, West Torresdale, Pennypack Park, Byberry and Normandy Village are places with few residents. A rate on a very small number of residents or crimes is not comparable with the others.

Photographs

19 photographs of the 18 neighborhoods run along the reel; click one to see it full size. Each is credited here and under the large view.

All 19 photographs and their credits

Bustleton · Jacobs School Philly. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Somerton · Watson Comly 1892. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Fox Chase · Fox Chase Hotel. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Mechanicsville · Mechanicsville School. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Northeast Philadelphia Airport · Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE) Aerial View 2024. Photo: Euthman, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · Lower Dublin Baptist Church Philadelphia PA. Photo: book author Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893 artist unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Fox Chase · Fox Chase. Photo: Coemgenus at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P150 Mrs. John W. Thomas's Place, Called Bloomfield. Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Fox Chase · Knowlton. Photo: Original uploader was Coemgenus at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P458 BUSTLETON, Methodist Episcopal Church. Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Fox Chase · Fox Chase Farm. Photo: Coemgenus at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P466 St. Luke's School. Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P470 St. Luke's School, from the East. Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P482 EVERGREEN TERRACE - Residence of Mr. Edward Evans. Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P500 Residence of Rev. Robert J. Wright. Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P486 LYNGANOIR - Residence of Henderson Family. Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P506 Residence of Mr. Chas. P. Tomlinson. Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P512 CHAPELCROFT, Residence of General Pennock Huey. Photo: unknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bustleton · HOTCHKIN(1892) P516 WOODLEIGH, Residence of Rev. T.C. Pearson. Photo: unknown author, 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.

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