Arkadelphia, AR carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 17% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Arkadelphia, AR shows violent crime at 293.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,839.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 17% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
293.5/100K violent
1839.2/100K property
-17% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Arkadelphia, AR
Comparable rate records
Arkadelphia's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arkansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Arkadelphia's 293.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bradford (294.6), Little Flock (297.0), Glenwood (289.6), Cave City (297.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 447.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 293.5 in 2024 (-34.4%). The highest observed value was 447.3 in 2020 and the lowest 244.3 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 13.8% of the 218 Part I offenses reported in Arkadelphia for 2024, against a median of 21.1% across comparable Arkansas cities — a gap of 7.4 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Arkadelphia sits mid-pack among comparable Arkansas cities
At 293.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Arkadelphia ranks 111 of 204 — above 93 of the 203 other Arkansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -4.7% against the cohort median of 308.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Arkadelphia's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Arkadelphia's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.7 Census sq mi, Arkadelphia logged 24.3 property and 3.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Arkadelphia's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 218 offenses; mix index 4,914).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+7%
274.3 → 293.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-0.1%
1841.5 → 1839.2/100K
Property offenses lead Arkadelphia's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
188
1839.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
146
1428.3
-
Burglary
37
362
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
5
48.9
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
30
293.5
352
Aggravated Assault
25
244.6
-
Robbery
4
39.1
-
Rape
1
9.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Arkadelphia Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Arkadelphia property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Arkadelphia Police Department
Reporting agency for Arkadelphia NIBRS-participating
Arkadelphia Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Arkadelphia's 218 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Arkansas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Arkansas cities closest to Arkadelphia in population. Their populations run from 9,022 to 11,155, against 10,222 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Arkadelphia reported 30 violent crimes and 188 property crimes, for a total of 218 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Arkadelphia?
From 2023 to 2024, Arkadelphia's violent crime rate increased by 7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 0.1%.
What is the most common crime in Arkadelphia?
The most common crime type in Arkadelphia is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.0% of all reported crimes (146 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Arkadelphia figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Arkadelphia, AR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.