Crime Score for ZIP 61873, St. Joseph, IL
St. Joseph · Champaign County · August 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 59.65% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#7,005
of 14,733 scored ZIPs
Illinois rank
#229
of 482 in state
Score index
49.2
crime intensity
Snapshot
August 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 61873 covers part of St. Joseph in Champaign County, Illinois. In August 2026 it scored in the 40.4th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #7,005, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Illinois it ranks #229 of 482. That is 5.7 points below the Illinois median of 46.0.
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.
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Questions about 61873
- Is ZIP code 61873 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 61873 scores in the 40.4th percentile for reported crime as of August 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 61873 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 61873 compare with the rest of Illinois?
- It ranks #229 of 482 scored ZIP codes in Illinois, against a state median of the 46.0th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,005 of 14,733.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, August 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.