What is the crime rate for ZIP code 05602?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Washington County, VT (the county containing ZIP 05602) agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the UCR Program. The county figures shown cover only the agencies that submitted, so no meaningful crime rate can be stated for this area. Low reported counts here indicate missing reports, not an absence of crime.

What county is ZIP code 05602 in?

ZIP code 05602 is located in Washington County, VT.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 05602

Washington County, Vermont: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

12,572
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 05602 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 05602 sits within Washington County, VT, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 05602 is the largest ZIP in Washington County by population, 12,572 residents (#2 of 22 county ZIPs), across 87.84 square miles (143/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Washington County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Washington County crime page linked below.

ZIP 05602 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Washington County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 05602 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income: $78,376
Median age: 45.7 years
Owner-occupied homes: 67%
Occupied homes: 5,687

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 05602 settlement vs Washington County

ZIP 05602 itself is about 143 people per Census sq mi across 87.8 sq mi (12,572 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 05602's 12,572 residents are about 21% of the 2024 county reporting population (59,807), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 05602

Similar Census population (~12,572)

ZIP 48079, MI · 12,572 pop · Δ0
ZIP 16428, PA · 12,574 pop · Δ2
ZIP 28711, NC · 12,574 pop · Δ2
ZIP 29061, SC · 12,569 pop · Δ3

County detail: Washington County · State atlas: Vermont

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.