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Crime Score for ZIP 50258, Union, IA

Union · Hardin County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

41.1thcrime percentileSafeExtreme
Below Average

Lower crime than 58.94% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#6,411

of 13,225 scored ZIPs

Iowa rank

#99

of 164 in state

Score index

54.1

crime intensity

Snapshot

July 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 50258 covers part of Union in Hardin County, Iowa. In July 2026 it scored in the 41.1th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #6,411, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Iowa it ranks #99 of 164. That is 15.3 points below the Iowa median of 56.4.

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

4 of 6 score lower than 50258. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

Questions about 50258

Is ZIP code 50258 safe?
CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 50258 scores in the 41.1th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below 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 50258 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 50258 compare with the rest of Iowa?
It ranks #99 of 164 scored ZIP codes in Iowa, against a state median of the 56.4th percentile. Nationally it ranks #6,411 of 13,225.
Model version (hash)3ef8ff3787b53005612f2a998b63f554943c49a437e9a2f08b72714679d336d0

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