Clarksville, AR carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 32% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Clarksville, AR shows violent crime at 464.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,035.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 32% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
464.9/100K violent
2035.1/100K property
+32% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Clarksville, AR
Comparable rate records
Clarksville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arkansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Clarksville's 464.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Lewisville (461.4), Booneville (470.6), DeWitt (457.1), Ravenden (473.9). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 335.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 464.9 in 2024 (+38.5%). The highest observed value was 486.9 in 2023 and the lowest 251.1 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Clarksville sits mid-pack among comparable Arkansas cities
At 464.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Clarksville ranks 67 of 204 — above 137 of the 203 other Arkansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +51.8% against the cohort median of 306.2. 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 Clarksville'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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Clarksville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 18.2 Census sq mi, Clarksville logged 10.8 property and 2.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Clarksville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 242 offenses; mix index 4,545).
Violent offenses are 19% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (18.2 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
-4.5%
486.9 → 464.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
+3.9%
1957.9 → 2035.1/100K
Property offenses lead Clarksville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
197
2035.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
156
1611.6
-
Burglary
35
361.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
62
-
Arson
1
10.3
-
Violent Crime
45
464.9
352
Aggravated Assault
29
299.6
-
Rape
13
134.3
-
Robbery
3
31
-
Murder
0
0
-
Clarksville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Clarksville 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
Clarksville Police Department
Reporting agency for Clarksville NIBRS-participating
Clarksville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Clarksville's 242 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
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In 2024, Clarksville reported 45 violent crimes and 197 property crimes, for a total of 242 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Clarksville?
From 2023 to 2024, Clarksville's violent crime rate decreased by 4.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 3.9%.
What is the most common crime in Clarksville?
The most common crime type in Clarksville is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.5% of all reported crimes (156 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Clarksville is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Clarksville, AR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.