Crime Score for ZIP 47923, Brookston, IN
Brookston · Carroll County · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 56.68% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#4,803
of 14,733 scored ZIPs
Indiana rank
#145
of 321 in state
Score index
65.0
crime intensity
Snapshot
September 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 47923 covers part of Brookston in Carroll County, Indiana. In September 2026 it scored in the 56.7th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Above Average rating, above the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #4,803, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Indiana it ranks #145 of 321. That is 0.6 points below the Indiana median of 57.3.
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.
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3 of 6 score lower than 47923. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
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Questions about 47923
- Is ZIP code 47923 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 47923 scores in the 56.7th percentile for reported crime as of September 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 47923 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 47923 compare with the rest of Indiana?
- It ranks #145 of 321 scored ZIP codes in Indiana, against a state median of the 57.3th percentile. Nationally it ranks #4,803 of 14,733.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, September 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.