Is ZIP code 05655 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 05655 scores in the 52.9th percentile for reported crime as of August 2026, which is a Above Average rating: above the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 05655 calculated?

SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.

How does 05655 compare with the rest of Vermont?

It ranks #34 of 139 scored ZIP codes in Vermont, against a state median of the 52.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #5,532 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 05655, Hyde Park, VT

Hyde Park · August 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Above Average

Higher crime than 52.90% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#5,532

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Vermont rank

#34

of 139 in state

Score index

62.2

crime intensity

Snapshot

August 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 05655 covers part of Hyde Park in Vermont. In August 2026 it scored in the 52.9th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Above Average rating, above the national midpoint for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #5,532, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Vermont it ranks #34 of 139. It sits right at the Vermont median of 52.5.

Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.

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Nearby ZIP codes

2 of 6 score lower than 05655. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 05655

Is ZIP code 05655 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 05655 scores in the 52.9th percentile for reported crime as of August 2026, which is a Above Average rating: above the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 05655 calculated?: SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
How does 05655 compare with the rest of Vermont?: It ranks #34 of 139 scored ZIP codes in Vermont, against a state median of the 52.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #5,532 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, August 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.