Is ZIP code 50201 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 50201 scores in the 61.6th 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 50201 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 50201 compare with the rest of Iowa?

It ranks #56 of 190 scored ZIP codes in Iowa, against a state median of the 55.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #4,256 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 50201, Ames, IA

Ames · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Above Average

Higher crime than 61.62% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#4,256

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Iowa rank

#56

of 190 in state

Score index

71.6

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 50201 covers part of Ames in Iowa. In September 2026 it scored in the 61.6th 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 #4,256, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Iowa it ranks #56 of 190. That is 6.1 points above the Iowa median of 55.5.

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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6 of 6 score lower than 50201. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 50201

Is ZIP code 50201 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 50201 scores in the 61.6th 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 50201 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 50201 compare with the rest of Iowa?: It ranks #56 of 190 scored ZIP codes in Iowa, against a state median of the 55.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #4,256 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, September 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.