Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RM-1 and RSA-5 zoning in Cobbs Creek, along Cobbs Creek Park.
Search this neighborhoodCobbs Creek is a large West Philadelphia neighborhood of about 35,000 residents, along the city's western edge with Cobbs Creek Park on its west side. Multi-family RM-1 blocks cover about 23% of it and RSA-5 rowhouse lots another 19%, with parks and open space at 8%.
Cobbs Creek Park, the Johnny Sample Recreation Center, the Laura Sims Skate House and the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center are inside the boundary, and St. Cyprian Roman Catholic Church stands on Cedar Avenue. The Market-Frankford Line along Market Street, the Subway-Surface trolleys and bus routes 21, 31, 42, 46, 52 and 63 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Cobbs Creek. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Cobbs Creek include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 3,269 permits in Cobbs Creek from January 2024 through October 2026, 480 of them building permits (12 for new construction) and 44 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Building permits are almost all for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with little new construction.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →The largest zoning district in Cobbs Creek by area is RM-1 (multi-family housing), covering about 23% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 19% and SP-PO-A (parks and open space) at 8%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Cobbs Creek addresses surface City of Philadelphia L&I building permits, code violations, 311 requests, nearby parks and the applicable Philadelphia Zoning Code district.
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