Crime Score for ZIP 61240, Coal Valley, IL
Coal Valley · Henry County · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 60.01% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#4,847
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Illinois rank
#151
of 430 in state
Score index
74.7
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 61240 covers part of Coal Valley in Henry County, Illinois. In June 2026 it scored in the 60.0th 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 #4,847, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Illinois it ranks #151 of 430. That is 12.1 points above the Illinois median of 47.9.
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 61240. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 61240
- Is ZIP code 61240 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 61240 scores in the 60.0th percentile for reported crime as of June 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 61240 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 61240 compare with the rest of Illinois?
- It ranks #151 of 430 scored ZIP codes in Illinois, against a state median of the 47.9th percentile. Nationally it ranks #4,847 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.