Crime Score for ZIP 90602, South Whittier, CA
South Whittier · Los Angeles County · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 72.24% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#8,755
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
California rank
#1,114
of 1500 in state
Score index
42.4
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 90602 covers part of South Whittier in Los Angeles County, California. In June 2026 it scored in the 27.8th 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 #8,755, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within California it ranks #1114 of 1500. That is 25.0 points below the California median of 52.7.
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.
Nearby ZIP codes
5 of 6 score lower than 90602. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 90602
- Is ZIP code 90602 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 90602 scores in the 27.8th 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 90602 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 90602 compare with the rest of California?
- It ranks #1114 of 1500 scored ZIP codes in California, against a state median of the 52.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #8,755 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.