Crime Score for ZIP 87740, Raton, NM
Raton · Colfax County · August 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 90.37% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#10,612
of 14,733 scored ZIPs
New Mexico rank
#49
of 73 in state
Score index
24.3
crime intensity
Snapshot
August 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 87740 covers part of Raton in Colfax County, New Mexico. In August 2026 it scored in the 9.6th 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 #10,612, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within New Mexico it ranks #49 of 73. That is 63.8 points below the New Mexico median of 73.5.
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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Questions about 87740
- Is ZIP code 87740 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 87740 scores in the 9.6th percentile for reported crime as of August 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 87740 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 87740 compare with the rest of New Mexico?
- It ranks #49 of 73 scored ZIP codes in New Mexico, against a state median of the 73.5th percentile. Nationally it ranks #10,612 of 14,733.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, August 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.