Crime Score for ZIP 55720, Big Lake, MN
Big Lake · Carlton County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 94.46% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#10,275
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Minnesota rank
#250
of 290 in state
Score index
22.2
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 55720 covers part of Big Lake in Carlton County, Minnesota. In July 2026 it scored in the 5.5th 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 #10,275, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Minnesota it ranks #250 of 290. That is 49.0 points below the Minnesota median of 54.5. It fell 27.01 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 32.55 to 5.54.
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) | 5.54 | #10,275 | #250 |
| June 2026 | 32.55 | #8,174 | #215 |
Nearby ZIP codes
0 of 6 score lower than 55720. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 55720
- Is ZIP code 55720 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 55720 scores in the 5.5th 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 55720 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 55720 compare with the rest of Minnesota?
- It ranks #250 of 290 scored ZIP codes in Minnesota, against a state median of the 54.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #10,275 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.