Crime Score for ZIP 21046, Columbia, MD
Columbia · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 90.34% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#9,826
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Maryland rank
#307
of 352 in state
Score index
26.6
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 21046 covers part of Columbia in Maryland. In July 2026 it scored in the 9.7th 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 #9,826, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Maryland it ranks #307 of 352. That is 58.1 points below the Maryland median of 67.8. It fell 10.62 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 20.28 to 9.66.
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) | 9.66 | #9,826 | #307 |
| June 2026 | 20.28 | #9,661 | #298 |
Nearby ZIP codes
2 of 6 score lower than 21046. 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 21046
- Is ZIP code 21046 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 21046 scores in the 9.7th 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 21046 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 21046 compare with the rest of Maryland?
- It ranks #307 of 352 scored ZIP codes in Maryland, against a state median of the 67.8th percentile. Nationally it ranks #9,826 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.