What is the crime rate for ZIP code 07826?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Sussex County, NJ (the county containing ZIP 07826) 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 07826 in?

ZIP code 07826 is located in Sussex County, NJ.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 07826

Sussex County, New Jersey: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

5,529
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 07826 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 07826 sits within Sussex County, NJ, 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 07826 carries a Census-reported population of 5,529, ranking #10 of 19 ZIPs in Sussex County, spread across 58.25 square miles (about 95 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Sussex County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Sussex County crime page linked below.

ZIP 07826 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Sussex County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 07826 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: $112,277
Median age: 46.4 years
Owner-occupied homes: 88%
Occupied homes: 2,171

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

ZIP 07826 settlement vs Sussex County

ZIP 07826 itself is about 95 people per Census sq mi across 58.3 sq mi (5,529 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 07826 accounts for roughly 3.8% of the county reporting population (5,529 of 144,221).

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 07826

Similar Census population (~5,529)

ZIP 36277, AL · 5,531 pop · Δ2
ZIP 42206, KY · 5,531 pop · Δ2
ZIP 48211, MI · 5,526 pop · Δ3
ZIP 59201, MT · 5,532 pop · Δ3

County detail: Sussex County · State atlas: New Jersey

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.