Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RTA-1 and RM-1 zoning in Powelton, in Powelton Village.
Search this neighborhoodPowelton is a small West Philadelphia neighborhood of about 4,000 residents next to Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania, with large Victorian twin houses. RTA-1 two-family attached zoning covers about 38% of it, much more than any other district, with RM-1 multi-family at 9% and institutional (SP-INS) land at 6%.
The Subway-Surface trolleys and bus route 31 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Powelton. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Powelton include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 208 permits in Powelton from January 2024 through October 2026, 51 of them building permits (0 for new construction); 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 Powelton by area is RTA-1 (two-family attached houses), covering about 38% of the neighborhood, followed by RM-1 (multi-family housing) at 9% and SP-INS (institutional campuses) at 6%.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Powelton 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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