Crime Score for ZIP 18421, Forest City, PA
Forest City · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 68.48% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#3,820
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Pennsylvania rank
#295
of 1288 in state
Score index
85.9
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 18421 covers part of Forest City in Pennsylvania. In June 2026 it scored in the 68.5th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Above Average rating, above the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #3,820, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #295 of 1288. That is 22.8 points above the Pennsylvania median of 45.7.
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.
Nearby ZIP codes
6 of 6 score lower than 18421. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
County not available.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 18421
- Is ZIP code 18421 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 18421 scores in the 68.5th percentile for reported crime as of June 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 18421 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 18421 compare with the rest of Pennsylvania?
- It ranks #295 of 1288 scored ZIP codes in Pennsylvania, against a state median of the 45.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #3,820 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.