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Safety in Philadelphia

Philadelphia ranks T#116 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 14 — Quiet. That puts it in the 14th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Pennsylvania.

safety score
14
Quiet
National rank
T#116 of 134
In Pennsylvania
#2 of 2
Percentile
14th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Philadelphia sits 36 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Philadelphia

  1. T#113 Nashville, TN 16
  2. #115 Stowe, VT 15
  3. T#116 Philadelphia, PA — this page 14
  4. T#118 Asheville, NC 13
  5. T#118 Baltimore, MD 13

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Philadelphia

Philadelphia scores 45 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: