Crime Score for ZIP 55033, Cottage Grove, MN
Cottage Grove · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 92.23% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#10,032
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Minnesota rank
#249
of 290 in state
Score index
24.6
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 55033 covers part of Cottage Grove in Minnesota. In July 2026 it scored in the 7.8th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Low Crime rating, among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.
Nationally it ranks #10,032, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Minnesota it ranks #249 of 290. That is 46.8 points below the Minnesota median of 54.5. It fell 2.75 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 10.52 to 7.77.
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) | 7.77 | #10,032 | #249 |
| June 2026 | 10.52 | #10,844 | #262 |
Nearby ZIP codes
0 of 6 score lower than 55033. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
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On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 55033
- Is ZIP code 55033 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 55033 scores in the 7.8th percentile for reported crime as of July 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 55033 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 55033 compare with the rest of Minnesota?
- It ranks #249 of 290 scored ZIP codes in Minnesota, against a state median of the 54.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #10,032 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.