Crime Score for ZIP 14850, Cayuga Heights, NY
Cayuga Heights · Tompkins County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 82.09% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#1,949
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
New York rank
#47
of 731 in state
Score index
130.4
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 14850 covers part of Cayuga Heights in Tompkins County, New York. In July 2026 it scored in the 82.1th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a High Crime rating, in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #1,949, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within New York it ranks #47 of 731. That is 33.8 points above the New York median of 48.3. It rose 5.53 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 76.56 to 82.09.
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) | 82.09 | #1,949 | #47 |
| June 2026 | 76.56 | #2,842 | #90 |
Nearby ZIP codes
3 of 6 score lower than 14850. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 14850
- Is ZIP code 14850 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 14850 scores in the 82.1th percentile for reported crime as of July 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 14850 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 14850 compare with the rest of New York?
- It ranks #47 of 731 scored ZIP codes in New York, against a state median of the 48.3th percentile. Nationally it ranks #1,949 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.