What is the crime rate for ZIP code 50702?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Black Hawk County, IA (the county containing ZIP 50702) 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 50702 in?

ZIP code 50702 is located in Black Hawk County, IA.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 50702

Black Hawk County, Iowa: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

20,818
Population (ZIP): 5
Violent rate /100K (county): 74
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 50702 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 50702 sits within Black Hawk County, IA, 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 50702 carries a Census-reported population of 20,818, ranking #3 of 12 ZIPs in Black Hawk County, spread across 9.78 square miles (about 2,129 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Black Hawk County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Black Hawk County crime page linked below.

ZIP 50702 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Black Hawk County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 50702 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: $58,418
Median age: 36.1 years
Owner-occupied homes: 61%
Occupied homes: 8,857

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

ZIP 50702 settlement vs Black Hawk County

ZIP 50702 itself is about 2,129 people per Census sq mi across 9.8 sq mi (20,818 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 50702's 20,818 residents are about 15.9% of the 2024 county reporting population (131,144), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Black Hawk County leans on burglary at 48% of reported offenses (mix index 3,563). ZIP 50702 has no separate FBI offense book.

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 50702

Similar county violent rate (~5/100K)

ZIP 55352, MN · 5.3/100K · Scott County
ZIP 53566, WI · 5.4/100K · Green County
ZIP 44406, OH · 5.2/100K · Mahoning County
ZIP 03833, NH · 5.1/100K · Rockingham County

Similar Census population (~20,818)

ZIP 71201, LA · 20,817 pop · Δ1
ZIP 68127, NE · 20,820 pop · Δ2
ZIP 80403, CO · 20,809 pop · Δ9
ZIP 99202, WA · 20,829 pop · Δ11

County detail: Black Hawk County · State atlas: Iowa

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.