Judsonia, AR carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 50% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Judsonia, AR shows violent crime at 529.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 688.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 50% above 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
529.4/100K violent
688.2/100K property
+50% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Judsonia, AR
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Judsonia reported 10 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,889. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 43.5% of the 23 Part I offenses reported in Judsonia for 2024, against a median of 21.0% across comparable Arkansas cities — a gap of 22.5 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.
Comparable rate records
Judsonia's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arkansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Judsonia's 529.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sheridan (531.5), Hot Springs (534.2), Morrilton (534.3), Conway (523.7). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Judsonia sits mid-pack among comparable Arkansas cities
At 529.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Judsonia ranks 54 of 204 — above 150 of the 203 other Arkansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +72.9% 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 53.8% of reported property offenses in Judsonia, against a cohort median of 74.8%. The remainder is burglary (3) and motor vehicle theft (3). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 602.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 529.4 in 2024 (-12.2%). The highest observed value was 602.7 in 2020 and the lowest 263.4 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Judsonia's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row keeps violent and property totals in a closer balance. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 10 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,889. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Judsonia's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.9 Census sq mi, Judsonia logged 4.5 property and 3.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Judsonia's 5 active offense types stay diversified (mix index 2,250); larceny-theft still leads at 30%.
Violent offenses are 43% of the municipal total - a violence-heavy book for a small municipal.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.9 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
+101%
263.4 → 529.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-51.6%
1422.6 → 688.2/100K
Judsonia's 2024 offense mix (violent and property)
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
13
688.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
7
370.6
-
Burglary
3
158.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
158.8
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
10
529.4
352
Aggravated Assault
6
317.6
-
Rape
4
211.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Judsonia Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Judsonia violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
529.4/100K↑101%vs 2023
Judsonia property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
688.2/100K↓51.6%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,991
602.7
1757.9
47
2021
Comparable
1,989
351.9
1558.6
38
2022
Comparable
1,877
266.4
1118.8
26
2023
Comparable
1,898
263.4
1422.6
32
2024
Comparable
1,889
529.4
688.2
23
Judsonia Police Department
Reporting agency for Judsonia NIBRS-participating
Judsonia Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Judsonia's 23 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 Judsonia in population. Their populations run from 1,803 to 2,007, against 1,889 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Judsonia reported 10 violent crimes and 13 property crimes, for a total of 23 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Judsonia?
From 2023 to 2024, Judsonia's violent crime rate increased by 101%, and the property crime rate decreased by 51.6%.
What is the most common crime in Judsonia?
The most common crime type in Judsonia is larceny-theft, accounting for 30.4% of all reported crimes (7 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Judsonia's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Judsonia, AR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.