Jacksonville, AR carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 170% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Jacksonville, AR shows violent crime at 949.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,960.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 170% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
949.7/100K violent
3960.9/100K property
+170% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Jacksonville, AR
Position in the state cohort
Jacksonville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Arkansas cities
At 949.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Jacksonville ranks 20 of 204 — above 184 of the 203 other Arkansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +210.2% 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.
Comparable rate records
Jacksonville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arkansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Jacksonville's 949.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bald Knob (956.6), Star City (966.2), Paragould (915.2), De Valls Bluff (1008.1). 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 1166.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 949.7 in 2024 (-18.6%). The highest observed value was 1280.2 in 2021 and the lowest 949.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Jacksonville'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.
Jacksonville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 28.7 Census sq mi, Jacksonville logged 40 property and 9.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Jacksonville leans on larceny-theft at 56% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,711.
Violent offenses are 19% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (28.7 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
-15.7%
1126.2 → 949.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-7.9%
4301.1 → 3960.9/100K
Property offenses lead Jacksonville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs AR
Property Crime
1,147
3960.9
1711
1939.5
Larceny-Theft
798
2755.7
-
-
Burglary
183
631.9
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
166
573.2
-
-
Arson
7
24.2
-
-
Violent Crime
275
949.7
352
580.1
Aggravated Assault
227
783.9
-
-
Robbery
24
82.9
-
-
Rape
18
62.2
-
-
Murder
6
20.7
-
-
Jacksonville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Jacksonville 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
Jacksonville Police Department
Reporting agency for Jacksonville NIBRS-participating
Jacksonville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Jacksonville's 1,422 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 Jacksonville in population. Their populations run from 24,446 to 33,223, against 28,958 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Jacksonville reported 275 violent crimes and 1,147 property crimes, for a total of 1,422 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Jacksonville?
From 2023 to 2024, Jacksonville's violent crime rate decreased by 15.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 7.9%.
What is the most common crime in Jacksonville?
The most common crime type in Jacksonville is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.1% of all reported crimes (798 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville, AR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.