Crime Score for ZIP 28709, Barnardsville, NC
Barnardsville · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 55.46% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#5,398
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
North Carolina rank
#124
of 396 in state
Score index
68.9
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 28709 covers part of Barnardsville in North Carolina. In June 2026 it scored in the 55.5th 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 #5,398, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within North Carolina it ranks #124 of 396. That is 17.1 points above the North Carolina median of 38.4.
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.
Nearby ZIP codes
3 of 6 score lower than 28709. 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 28709
- Is ZIP code 28709 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 28709 scores in the 55.5th 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 28709 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 28709 compare with the rest of North Carolina?
- It ranks #124 of 396 scored ZIP codes in North Carolina, against a state median of the 38.4th percentile. Nationally it ranks #5,398 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.