City Travel Stats

Philadelphia

United States · North America

46Safety indexModerate
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
39.95°, -75.17°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Philadelphia scores 46 out of 100 in our index, safer than only 13% of the cities we rank.

The homicide rate is 17.3 per 100,000, roughly 11 times the median for the cities we track, and it is reported for the city itself. Robbery is recorded at 274.9 per 100,000; as police data it captures only reported incidents, so the real level runs higher. Canada, the UK, and Australia each hold the United States at their lowest advisory level, and their advisories flag pickpocketing and scams for visitors. In a national survey, 60% of people said they feel safe walking alone at night, but that figure covers the whole country and reads more favourably than Philadelphia's own crime data.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime35
Robbery & theft50
Travel advisory0
The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)
17.3/100k

Primary source: FBI Crime Data Explorer — Philadelphia Police Department

Where this sits on the scaleHigh
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 12% of tracked cities
17.3/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
274.9/100k

Primary source: FBI Crime Data Explorer — Philadelphia Police Department

Where this sits on the scaleHigh
040·120·250·400·600 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 15% of tracked cities
274.9/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

No advisory on record.

Global Affairs Canada
1CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — United States Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — United States travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — United States travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.
Feel safe walking alone at night
National survey
60%feel safe
60% of people surveyed · United States · 2023
Survey figure is for United States (country), wider than Philadelphia itself.

Primary source: UN SDG 16.1.4 — feel safe walking alone at night (UNODC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.
Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories
1 of 2 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 1 of 2 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.
Based on only 2 reviewed advisories — a thin sample; treat as indicative.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — United States travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories
1 of 2 advisories mention this
project-atlas count: 1 of 2 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.
Based on only 2 reviewed advisories — a thin sample; treat as indicative.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — United States travel advice (Safety and security)