Is ZIP code 71220 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 71220 scores in the 15.6th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Low Crime rating: among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 71220 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 71220 compare with the rest of Louisiana?

It ranks #95 of 163 scored ZIP codes in Louisiana, against a state median of the 45.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #9,361 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 71220, Bastrop, LA

Bastrop · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Low Crime

Lower crime than 84.43% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#9,361

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Louisiana rank

#95

of 163 in state

Score index

28.9

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 71220 covers part of Bastrop in Louisiana. In September 2026 it scored in the 15.6th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Low Crime rating, among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.

Nationally it ranks #9,361, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Louisiana it ranks #95 of 163. That is 30.1 points below the Louisiana median of 45.7.

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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1 of 6 score lower than 71220. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 71220

Is ZIP code 71220 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 71220 scores in the 15.6th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Low Crime rating: among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 71220 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 71220 compare with the rest of Louisiana?: It ranks #95 of 163 scored ZIP codes in Louisiana, against a state median of the 45.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #9,361 of 14,733.

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