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Crime Score for ZIP 81523, Colorado

Colorado · Mesa County · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

49.8thcrime percentileSafeExtreme
Below Average

Lower crime than 50.23% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#6,088

of 13,225 scored ZIPs

Colorado rank

#106

of 236 in state

Score index

63.2

crime intensity

Snapshot

June 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 81523 in Mesa County, Colorado. In June 2026 it scored in the 49.8th 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 #6,088, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Colorado it ranks #106 of 236. That is 1.7 points above the Colorado median of 48.1.

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

2 of 6 score lower than 81523. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

Questions about 81523

Is ZIP code 81523 safe?
CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 81523 scores in the 49.8th percentile for reported crime as of June 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 81523 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 81523 compare with the rest of Colorado?
It ranks #106 of 236 scored ZIP codes in Colorado, against a state median of the 48.1th percentile. Nationally it ranks #6,088 of 13,225.
Model version (hash)3ef8ff3787b53005612f2a998b63f554943c49a437e9a2f08b72714679d336d0

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