Is ZIP code 65081 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 65081 scores in the 35.1th 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 65081 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 65081 compare with the rest of Missouri?

It ranks #151 of 286 scored ZIP codes in Missouri, against a state median of the 52.8th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,198 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 65081, Fortuna, MO

Fortuna · Cooper County · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Below Average

Lower crime than 64.92% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#7,198

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Missouri rank

#151

of 286 in state

Score index

43.6

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 65081 covers part of Fortuna in Cooper County, Missouri. In September 2026 it scored in the 35.1th 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 #7,198, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Missouri it ranks #151 of 286. That is 17.7 points below the Missouri median of 52.8.

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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Nearby ZIP codes

0 of 6 score lower than 65081. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

County

Cooper County, MO

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Questions about 65081

Is ZIP code 65081 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 65081 scores in the 35.1th 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 65081 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 65081 compare with the rest of Missouri?: It ranks #151 of 286 scored ZIP codes in Missouri, against a state median of the 52.8th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,198 of 14,733.

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