Is ZIP code 12952 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 12952 scores in the 76.5th percentile for reported crime as of August 2026, which is a High Crime rating: in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 12952 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 12952 compare with the rest of New York?

It ranks #101 of 838 scored ZIP codes in New York, against a state median of the 52.4th percentile. Nationally it ranks #2,756 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 12952, Lyon Mountain, NY

Lyon Mountain · August 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

High Crime

Higher crime than 76.54% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#2,756

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

New York rank

#101

of 838 in state

Score index

93.5

crime intensity

Snapshot

August 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 12952 covers part of Lyon Mountain in New York. In August 2026 it scored in the 76.5th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a High Crime rating, in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #2,756, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within New York it ranks #101 of 838. That is 24.2 points above the New York median of 52.4.

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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Questions about 12952

Is ZIP code 12952 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 12952 scores in the 76.5th percentile for reported crime as of August 2026, which is a High Crime rating: in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 12952 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 12952 compare with the rest of New York?: It ranks #101 of 838 scored ZIP codes in New York, against a state median of the 52.4th percentile. Nationally it ranks #2,756 of 14,733.

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