Staying near Philly one night -- Malvern PA Safe?

Dropping my son off at college in Philly. Need a hotel near Philly, but I don't want to pay $400 a night to be in the city. I figured we'd get him squared away, have dinner somewhere, and then roll out kind of late, going maybe 30-40 minutes, then stop and stay the night. It's about 5.5-6 hours back to my home town in far Western PA.

I found a Holiday Inn Express in Malvern which is a reasonably close spot. Is that a decent enough area to be safe parking at the hotel and staying the night? Holiday Inn Express Frazer-Malvern

I'm open to other suggestions. I'm not super price sensitive, so +/- is not a huge big deal, but again, $400/$500 is not my bag. I prioritize safe, and then clean and new over fancy. Could care less about fancy compared to clean and newer. Or at least, clean.

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Dropping my son off at college in Philly. Need a hotel near Philly, but I don't want to pay $400 a night to be in the city. I figured we'd get him squared away, have dinner somewhere, and then roll out kind of late, going maybe 30-40 minutes, then stop and stay the night. It's about 5.5-6 hours back to my home town in far Western PA.

I found a Holiday Inn Express in Malvern which is a reasonably close spot. Is that a decent enough area to be safe parking at the hotel and staying the night? Holiday Inn Express Frazer-Malvern

I'm open to other suggestions. I'm not super price sensitive, so +/- is not a huge big deal, but again, $400/$500 is not my bag. I prioritize safe, and then clean and new over fancy. Could care less about fancy compared to clean and newer. Or at least, clean.

Malvern is an upper-income community. Vanguard is headquartered there.

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Per City-Data

Malvern crime rate 14.
Compare to Philly @ 553.

Don't know how clean the hotel is though.

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I work in Malvern.....your worst threat will be the abundance of Tesla drivers. Good to go otherwise. And you can jump back on the Turnpike home from there.

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Yes, Malvern is pretty good. Haven't scouted hotels there but after looking at reviews, if you need more choices there are similar places to stay between there and the Exton/Lionville areas, just a few miles west.

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Malvern is solidly the 'burbs. You should be fine. If you're dropping off on a weekend, the traffic in/out won't be horrible.

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Malvern is a wealthy area and quite safe. Part of the Main Line of Pennsylvania which is a string of towns leading into Philadelphia formerly only occupied by the very rich in mansions in the 1800’s.

A cool place with great breakfast sandwiches and pastries, coffee etc is the Malvern Buttery:

Malvern Buttery

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