ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 36265

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

204
Violent rate /100K (county)
21,802
Population (ZIP)
165
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 36265 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 36265 sits within Calhoun County, AL, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Calhoun County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 204 violent and 165 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 36265 is the largest ZIP in Calhoun County by population, 21,802 residents (#1 of 10 county ZIPs), across 98.08 square miles (222/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Calhoun County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Calhoun County crime page linked below.

ZIP 36265 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The violent-led county proxy above is from Calhoun County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 36265 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
$49,924
Median age
35.8 years
Owner-occupied homes
64%
Occupied homes
8,470

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

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 36265?

Within the participating-agency records for Calhoun County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 42% below and property crime is 90% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 36265. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 36265 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 10). Its 21,802 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Calhoun County UCR book ZIP 36265 inherits

ZIP 36265 itself is about 222 people per Census sq mi across 98.1 sq mi (21,802 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 36265's 21,802 residents are about 18.7% of the 2024 county reporting population (116,441), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Calhoun County's 2024 UCR book concentrates in aggravated assault (54% of 430 offenses; mix index 4,137). ZIP 36265 inherits that county mix, not a postal-native split.

Calhoun County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +11% vs 2023; property counts -22% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Calhoun County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 36265

Similar county violent rate (~204/100K)

Similar Census population (~21,802)

County detail: Calhoun County · State atlas: Alabama

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.