Neighborhood overview
9th District: Center City, Philadelphia
Recent police-feed safety data for 9th District: Center City in Philadelphia, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Philadelphia police open-data feed.
Safety Index
9th District: Center City reports higher per-capita rates than Philadelphia citywide. Use the cards below to see which category drives the gap.
Violent (persons)
3,750 / 100k local
vs Philadelphia 2,733 / 100k citywide (+37%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (+1043%)
Property
9,025 / 100k local
vs Philadelphia 4,092 / 100k citywide (+121%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (+483%)
~73,835 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~70 days · newest report 5/23/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)
Smaller-than-usual data window. Based on a ~70-day data window — read the grade as provisional. When the upstream feed refreshes, the longer window will tighten the comparison.
Recent activity (965 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in afternoon (12pm–6pm) (39% of the window).
- · violent / persons reports down 24 week-over-week (44 this week, 68 the week before).
- · property reports down 51 week-over-week (112 this week, 163 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports down 9 week-over-week (20 this week, 29 the week before).
- · Most reports in 9th District: Center City occur during afternoon (12pm-6pm) — 39% of the past 30 days landed in that window.
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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.