Crime Score for ZIP 96040, Hat Creek, CA
Hat Creek · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 97.00% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#365
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
California rank
#41
of 1500 in state
Score index
383.4
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 96040 covers part of Hat Creek in California. In June 2026 it scored in the 97.0th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 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 #365, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within California it ranks #41 of 1500. That is 44.3 points above 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
6 of 6 score lower than 96040. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
County not available.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 96040
- Is ZIP code 96040 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 96040 scores in the 97.0th percentile for reported crime as of June 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 96040 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 96040 compare with the rest of California?
- It ranks #41 of 1500 scored ZIP codes in California, against a state median of the 52.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #365 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.