Crime Score for ZIP 53521, Brooklyn, WI
Brooklyn · Dane County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 53.68% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#5,839
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Wisconsin rank
#106
of 221 in state
Score index
60.0
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 53521 covers part of Brooklyn in Dane County, Wisconsin. In July 2026 it scored in the 46.3th 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 #5,839, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Wisconsin it ranks #106 of 221. That is 7.3 points below the Wisconsin median of 53.6.
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
3 of 6 score lower than 53521. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 53521
- Is ZIP code 53521 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 53521 scores in the 46.3th 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 53521 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 53521 compare with the rest of Wisconsin?
- It ranks #106 of 221 scored ZIP codes in Wisconsin, against a state median of the 53.6th percentile. Nationally it ranks #5,839 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.