Crime Score for ZIP 51249, Sibley, IA
Sibley · Osceola County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 72.41% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#7,876
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Iowa rank
#116
of 164 in state
Score index
42.0
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 51249 covers part of Sibley in Osceola County, Iowa. In July 2026 it scored in the 27.6th 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 #7,876, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Iowa it ranks #116 of 164. That is 28.8 points below the Iowa median of 56.4. It rose 4.40 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 23.19 to 27.59.
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.
Monthly history
| Month | Percentile | National rank | State rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026(latest) | 27.59 | #7,876 | #116 |
| June 2026 | 23.19 | #9,309 | #133 |
Nearby ZIP codes
1 of 6 score lower than 51249. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 51249
- Is ZIP code 51249 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 51249 scores in the 27.6th 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 51249 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 51249 compare with the rest of Iowa?
- It ranks #116 of 164 scored ZIP codes in Iowa, against a state median of the 56.4th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,876 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.