Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RM-1 and RSA-5 zoning in Francisville, around North Broad Street.
Search this neighborhoodFrancisville is a North Philadelphia neighborhood north of the Vine Street Expressway and Fairmount, between Sharswood and Spring Garden. Multi-family RM-1 zoning covers about 28% of it and RSA-5 rowhouse lots another 16%, with a CMX-4 commercial band along Broad Street.
The Met Philadelphia, the restored 1908 opera house at 858 North Broad Street, and the Matthew Baird Mansion are inside the boundary, as is the Francisville Recreation Center. The Route 15 trolley and bus routes 2, 4, 16, 33 and 61 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Francisville. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Francisville include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 768 permits in Francisville from January 2024 through October 2026, 100 of them building permits (17 for new construction) and 10 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 17% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Francisville by area is RM-1 (multi-family housing), covering about 28% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 16% and CMX-2.5 (commercial mixed-use) at 6%.
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