Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RTA-1 and RSA-5 zoning in Spruce Hill, around Clark Park.
Search this neighborhoodSpruce Hill is a West Philadelphia neighborhood west of the University of Pennsylvania, with about 10,800 residents and a median home value near $569,000. The West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District covers much of it, and RTA-1 two-family attached zoning is the largest district at 16%.
Clark Park, an 11.8-acre park with the Dickens and Little Nell statue, and Paul Robeson High School for Human Services are inside the boundary. The Subway-Surface trolleys and bus routes 21, 30 and 42 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in Spruce Hill. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of Spruce Hill include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 578 permits in Spruce Hill from January 2024 through October 2026, 87 of them building permits (3 for new construction) and 6 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 Spruce Hill by area is RTA-1 (two-family attached houses), covering about 16% of the neighborhood, followed by RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 10% and RM-1 (multi-family housing) at 9%.
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View schools →Location reports for Spruce Hill 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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