Crime Score for ZIP 08544, Princeton, NJ
Princeton · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 71.25% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#7,750
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
New Jersey rank
#89
of 208 in state
Score index
42.9
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 08544 covers part of Princeton in New Jersey. In July 2026 it scored in the 28.8th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #7,750, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within New Jersey it ranks #89 of 208. It sits right at the New Jersey median of 29.0. It fell 12.72 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 41.47 to 28.75.
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.
Monthly history
| Month | Percentile | National rank | State rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026(latest) | 28.75 | #7,750 | #89 |
| June 2026 | 41.47 | #7,094 | #59 |
Nearby ZIP codes
1 of 6 score lower than 08544. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
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On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 08544
- Is ZIP code 08544 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 08544 scores in the 28.8th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below 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 08544 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 08544 compare with the rest of New Jersey?
- It ranks #89 of 208 scored ZIP codes in New Jersey, against a state median of the 29.0th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,750 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.