Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and I-2 and RSA-5 zoning in Mantua, beside the Philadelphia Zoo.
Search this neighborhoodMantua is a West Philadelphia neighborhood of about 8,600 residents between Powelton and West Fairmount Park, around the Philadelphia Zoo, which opened in 1874 and is the oldest zoo in the country. Medium industrial land covers about 21% of it, RSA-5 rowhouse lots 16% and parks and open space 16%.
The zoo covers about 51 acres inside the boundary, with 22 acres of West Fairmount Park, Miles Mack Playground and Norman (Butch) Ellis Playground alongside. The Spring Garden Street Bridge crosses the Schuylkill at its southeast edge. The Route 15 trolley, the Subway-Surface lines and bus routes 31, 38 and 43 serve it.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Mantua. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Mantua include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,179 permits in Mantua from January 2024 through October 2026, 142 of them building permits (58 for new construction) and 20 for demolition; the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. About 41% of building permits here were for new construction, a higher share than most Philadelphia neighborhoods; the rest cover alterations and additions to existing buildings.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in Mantua by area is I-2 (medium industrial land), covering about 21% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 16% and SP-PO-A (parks and open space) at 16%.
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