Crime Score for ZIP 20124, Centreville, VA
Centreville · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 84.38% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#9,178
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Virginia rank
#273
of 341 in state
Score index
32.4
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 20124 covers part of Centreville in Virginia. In July 2026 it scored in the 15.6th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Low Crime rating, among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.
Nationally it ranks #9,178, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Virginia it ranks #273 of 341. That is 31.8 points below the Virginia median of 47.4. It fell 4.89 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 20.51 to 15.62.
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) | 15.62 | #9,178 | #273 |
| June 2026 | 20.51 | #9,633 | #249 |
Nearby ZIP codes
2 of 6 score lower than 20124. 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 20124
- Is ZIP code 20124 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 20124 scores in the 15.6th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Low Crime rating: among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 20124 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 20124 compare with the rest of Virginia?
- It ranks #273 of 341 scored ZIP codes in Virginia, against a state median of the 47.4th percentile. Nationally it ranks #9,178 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.