Is ZIP code 62966 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 62966 scores in the 36.8th percentile for reported crime as of September 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 62966 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 62966 compare with the rest of Illinois?

It ranks #238 of 482 scored ZIP codes in Illinois, against a state median of the 46.0th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,011 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 62966, Carbondale, IL

Carbondale · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Below Average

Lower crime than 63.23% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#7,011

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Illinois rank

#238

of 482 in state

Score index

45.0

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 62966 covers part of Carbondale in Illinois. In September 2026 it scored in the 36.8th 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 #7,011, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Illinois it ranks #238 of 482. That is 9.2 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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2 of 6 score lower than 62966. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 62966

Is ZIP code 62966 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 62966 scores in the 36.8th percentile for reported crime as of September 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 62966 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 62966 compare with the rest of Illinois?: It ranks #238 of 482 scored ZIP codes in Illinois, against a state median of the 46.0th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,011 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, September 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.