Is ZIP code 95605 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 95605 scores in the 91.8th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Very High Crime rating: in the top tenth of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 95605 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 95605 compare with the rest of California?

It ranks #119 of 1563 scored ZIP codes in California, against a state median of the 54.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #913 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 95605, West Sacramento, CA

West Sacramento · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Very High Crime

Higher crime than 91.77% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#913

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

California rank

#119

of 1563 in state

Score index

201.4

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 95605 covers part of West Sacramento in California. In September 2026 it scored in the 91.8th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Very High Crime rating, in the top tenth of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #913, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within California it ranks #119 of 1563. That is 37.0 points above the California median of 54.7.

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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Nearby ZIP codes

2 of 6 score lower than 95605. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 95605

Is ZIP code 95605 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 95605 scores in the 91.8th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Very High Crime rating: in the top tenth of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 95605 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 95605 compare with the rest of California?: It ranks #119 of 1563 scored ZIP codes in California, against a state median of the 54.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #913 of 14,733.

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