What is the crime rate for ZIP code 08559?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Hunterdon County, NJ (the county containing ZIP 08559) 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 08559 in?

ZIP code 08559 is located in Hunterdon County, NJ.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 08559

Hunterdon 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

4,902
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 08559 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 08559 sits within Hunterdon 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 08559 carries a Census-reported population of 4,902, ranking #12 of 20 ZIPs in Hunterdon County, spread across 39.84 square miles (about 123 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Hunterdon County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Hunterdon County crime page linked below.

ZIP 08559 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Hunterdon County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 08559 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: $165,354
Median age: 56.2 years
Owner-occupied homes: 90%
Occupied homes: 2,045

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

ZIP 08559 settlement vs Hunterdon County

ZIP 08559 itself is about 123 people per Census sq mi across 39.8 sq mi (4,902 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 08559 accounts for roughly 3.8% of the county reporting population (4,902 of 128,947).

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 08559

Similar Census population (~4,902)

ZIP 53061, WI · 4,902 pop · Δ0
ZIP 04426, ME · 4,903 pop · Δ1
ZIP 68352, NE · 4,903 pop · Δ1
ZIP 72923, AR · 4,901 pop · Δ1

County detail: Hunterdon 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.