Crime Score for ZIP 78602, Bastrop, TX
Bastrop · Bastrop County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 91.95% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#10,002
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Texas rank
#753
of 884 in state
Score index
24.9
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 78602 covers part of Bastrop in Bastrop County, Texas. In July 2026 it scored in the 8.1th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Low Crime rating, among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.
Nationally it ranks #10,002, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Texas it ranks #753 of 884. That is 44.8 points below the Texas median of 52.8. It fell 13.03 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 21.08 to 8.05.
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.
Monthly history
| Month | Percentile | National rank | State rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026(latest) | 8.05 | #10,002 | #753 |
| June 2026 | 21.08 | #9,564 | #653 |
Nearby ZIP codes
1 of 6 score lower than 78602. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 78602
- Is ZIP code 78602 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 78602 scores in the 8.1th percentile for reported crime as of July 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 78602 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 78602 compare with the rest of Texas?
- It ranks #753 of 884 scored ZIP codes in Texas, against a state median of the 52.8th percentile. Nationally it ranks #10,002 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.