Neighborhood overview
Germantown - Penn Knox, Philadelphia
Recent police-feed safety data for Germantown - Penn Knox in Philadelphia, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2023 national average. Sourced directly from the Philadelphia police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Germantown - Penn Knox reports notably higher per-capita rates than Philadelphia citywide. Use the Awareness tab for the offense mix.
Violent (persons)
1,872 / 100k local
vs Philadelphia 884 / 100k citywide (+112%)
reference: FBI 379.5 / 100k national (+393%)
Property
31,817 / 100k local
vs Philadelphia 4,051 / 100k citywide (+685%)
reference: FBI 1,934.1 / 100k national (+1545%)
~1,393 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023-2024) · window ~70 days · newest report Jun 28, 2026 · FBI UCR national rate per 100k (2023 revised, per CIUS 2024)
Smaller-than-usual data window. Based on a ~70-day data window with 90 incidents — read the grade as provisional; a longer window will tighten the comparison.
Recent activity (50 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in afternoon (12pm–6pm) (40% of the window).
- · property reports up 12 week-over-week (18 this week, 6 the week before).
- · Most reports in Germantown - Penn Knox occur during afternoon (12pm-6pm) — 40% 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. These scores should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.