Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RSA-5 and ICMX zoning in Fairhill, along North 5th Street.
Search this neighborhoodFairhill is a North Philadelphia neighborhood between Hartranft and Upper Kensington, with Franklinville to the north and West Kensington to the south. It is a mixed-zoning area: RSA-5 rowhouse lots cover about 17% of it, ICMX and medium industrial land together about 25%, and RM-1 multi-family about 11%.
The Ramonita Negron Rivera Recreation and Community Center and the Mann Older Adult Center are inside the boundary, and the North 5th Street corridor has long been a center of the city's Puerto Rican community. SEPTA routes 47, 54 and 60 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Fairhill. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Fairhill include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 348 permits in Fairhill from January 2024 through October 2026, 45 of them building permits (2 for new construction) and 10 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.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Fairhill by area is RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses), covering about 17% of the neighborhood, followed by ICMX (industrial-commercial mixed-use) at 13% and I-2 (medium industrial land) at 12%.
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