Crime Score for ZIP 56117, Bigelow, MN
Bigelow · Nobles County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 56.60% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#4,721
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Minnesota rank
#130
of 290 in state
Score index
71.8
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 56117 covers part of Bigelow in Nobles County, Minnesota. In July 2026 it scored in the 56.6th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Above Average rating, above the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #4,721, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Minnesota it ranks #130 of 290. That is 2.1 points above the Minnesota median of 54.5.
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.
Nearby ZIP codes
5 of 6 score lower than 56117. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 56117
- Is ZIP code 56117 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 56117 scores in the 56.6th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Above Average rating: above 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 56117 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 56117 compare with the rest of Minnesota?
- It ranks #130 of 290 scored ZIP codes in Minnesota, against a state median of the 54.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #4,721 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.