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Philadelphia consistently ranks above the national average in terms of crime, especially violent offenses. It has the highest violent crime rate of the Top 10 American cities with a population greater than 1 million residents as well as the highest poverty rate among these cities.
Philadelphia Neighborhoods and Place Names; Philadelphia neighborhoods: data and interactive map. Ferrick, Tom (February 11, 2011). "Median Household Income 1999-2009 (by Neighborhood)". Philadelphia Metropolis. The Public Media Lab; Ferrick, Tom (February 11, 2011).
The area encompasses El Centro de Oro, the heart of Philadelphia's Puerto Rican community. [8] Although much of the area's crime stems from local neighborhood-based street gangs and the drug trade, larger, more organized gangs also operate in the area, including the Black Mafia, Latin Kings, and various motorcycle gangs. [8]
The area is known as the center of Kensington and was historically the commercial center of the neighborhood. The area is densely residential, but crime rates are highest in this part of Kensington and, because of relocation actions taken by Philadelphia's Police, [9] [10] it has the highest concentration of homeless and opioid addicted ...
The neighborhood has historically been the northern part of Franklinville--bounded by North Broad Street and West Sedgley Avenue--most of the 19th century. Today the area is known more as the Hunting Park neighborhood rather than as Franklinville. In the years leading up to 2010, Hunting Park residents began a campaign against crime. [2]
South Philadelphia (along with Atlantic City) was a part of their territory, in which they fought with rival bootleggers William Michael "Mickey Duffy" Cusick and Joe Bruno during Prohibition. Angelo Bruno, who was boss of the Philadelphia Crime Family, was murdered in front of his house at 10th and Snyder Avenues in 1980. [32]
Thomas Holme's Survey Map (1687) Frankford is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia situated about six miles (10 km) northeast of Center City.Although its borders are vaguely defined, the neighborhood is bounded roughly by the original course of Frankford Creek on the south to Castor Avenue on the northwest and southwest, to Cheltenham Avenue on the north, and to Aramingo ...
Nicetown–Tioga is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It comprises two smaller, older neighborhoods, Nicetown and Tioga, although the distinction between the two is rarely emphasized today. The name "Nicetown" is often simply used to refer to any part of Nicetown–Tioga.