Is ZIP code 51601 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 51601 scores in the 21.4th percentile for reported crime as of August 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 51601 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 51601 compare with the rest of Iowa?

It ranks #126 of 190 scored ZIP codes in Iowa, against a state median of the 55.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #9,227 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 51601, Shenandoah, IA

Shenandoah · August 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Low Crime

Lower crime than 78.57% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#9,227

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Iowa rank

#126

of 190 in state

Score index

34.0

crime intensity

Snapshot

August 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 51601 covers part of Shenandoah in Iowa. In August 2026 it scored in the 21.4th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Low Crime rating, among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.

Nationally it ranks #9,227, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Iowa it ranks #126 of 190. That is 34.1 points below 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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Questions about 51601

Is ZIP code 51601 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 51601 scores in the 21.4th percentile for reported crime as of August 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 51601 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 51601 compare with the rest of Iowa?: It ranks #126 of 190 scored ZIP codes in Iowa, against a state median of the 55.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #9,227 of 14,733.

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