Explore Philadelphia building permits, police crime data, and RM-1 and CMX-2 zoning in West Passyunk, in South Philadelphia.
Search this neighborhoodWest Passyunk is a South Philadelphia neighborhood of about 9,200 residents between Point Breeze and Girard Estates. Multi-family RM-1 zoning covers about 47% of it, the largest share of any district here, with CMX-2 commercial blocks at 9%.
Universal Vare Charter School on South 24th Street and the Delaplaine McDaniel School on South 22nd Street are inside the boundary. SEPTA routes 7, 17, 37 and 79 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout shows Philadelphia Police Department reported incidents within a half-mile of any address in West Passyunk. Philadelphia publishes no neighborhood field for crime, so counts near the edge of West Passyunk include adjacent neighborhoods. Crash data is not available for Philadelphia.
View safety data →L&I issued 1,052 permits in West Passyunk from January 2024 through October 2026, 141 of them building permits (10 for new construction); the rest are trade, zoning and site permits. Most building permits are for alterations and additions to existing buildings, with new construction about 7% of them.
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View new construction →The largest zoning district in West Passyunk by area is RM-1 (multi-family housing), covering about 47% of the neighborhood, followed by CMX-2 (commercial mixed-use) at 9% and RSA-5 (attached single-family houses and rowhouses) at 5%.
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