Explore Baltimore building permits, police report data, and R-8 zoning in South Baltimore, a neighborhood next to Federal Hill and Riverside.
Search this neighborhoodSouth Baltimore is a Baltimore neighborhood with about 3,267 residents and 2,095 housing units. Federal Hill and Sharp-Leadenhall lie to the north, Baltimore Peninsula to the south, Riverside to the east, and Spring Garden Industrial Area to the west. Two small garden spaces are the parks inside the outline: Heath Street Park and Light Street City Farm, at 0.1 acres each. Heath Street City Farm, Grace United Church of Christ and Church of the Advent are also inside the neighborhood.
Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential zoning (R-8) covers about 73 percent of the area. Industrial (I-2) and Commercial (C-2) each cover about 9 percent, and Commercial (C-1) another 4 percent. MTA Route 67 (Downtown - Marley Neck), CityLink Silver and Route 94 serve the neighborhood. Search any South Baltimore address, such as 1600 S Charles St, to open a CivicScout report that combines permits, police reports, 311 requests, open housing notices, parks and zoning for that address.
CivicScout counts Baltimore Police Department offense reports (NIBRS Group A) that carry a location and are tagged to South Baltimore over the last 12 months, and shows open housing notices within a half mile of a searched address. The feed has almost no drug, narcotic or weapons offense records, so counts leave those offenses out. CivicScout does not have traffic crash data for Baltimore.
View safety data →Permits issued in the last 12 months within a half mile of the center of South Baltimore most often list rowhouse dwelling, single family dwelling and detached dwelling as the property use. Permit counts use that half-mile circle, not the exact neighborhood outline.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in South Baltimore is mostly Rowhouse and Multi-Family Residential (R-8) and Commercial (C-2 and C-1), by area; the exact district varies by parcel.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →A CivicScout report for any South Baltimore address combines permits, police reports, 311 requests, open housing notices, parks and zoning within a half mile. Restaurant inspection and traffic crash data are not available for Baltimore.
Search an address →Search an address in South Baltimore to see building permits, safety data, zoning details, and AI-powered neighborhood reports.
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