Crime Score for ZIP 62522, Decatur, IL
Decatur · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 61.45% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#6,684
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Illinois rank
#225
of 430 in state
Score index
51.8
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 62522 covers part of Decatur in Illinois. In July 2026 it scored in the 38.5th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #6,684, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Illinois it ranks #225 of 430. That is 9.3 points below 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
1 of 6 score lower than 62522. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
County not available.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 62522
- Is ZIP code 62522 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 62522 scores in the 38.5th percentile for reported crime as of July 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 62522 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 62522 compare with the rest of Illinois?
- It ranks #225 of 430 scored ZIP codes in Illinois, against a state median of the 47.9th percentile. Nationally it ranks #6,684 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.