Crime Score for ZIP 35601, Decatur, AL
Decatur · Morgan County · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 85.39% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#10,348
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Alabama rank
#110
of 167 in state
Score index
31.7
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 35601 covers part of Decatur in Morgan County, Alabama. In June 2026 it scored in the 14.6th 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 #10,348, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Alabama it ranks #110 of 167. That is 15.6 points below the Alabama median of 30.2.
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
1 of 6 score lower than 35601. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 35601
- Is ZIP code 35601 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 35601 scores in the 14.6th percentile for reported crime as of June 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 35601 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 35601 compare with the rest of Alabama?
- It ranks #110 of 167 scored ZIP codes in Alabama, against a state median of the 30.2th percentile. Nationally it ranks #10,348 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.