Monticello, AR carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 54% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Monticello, AR shows violent crime at 543.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,235.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 54% 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
543.5/100K violent
1235.3/100K property
+54% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Monticello, AR
Comparable rate records
Monticello's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arkansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Monticello's 543.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Brookland (551.4), Morrilton (534.3), Hot Springs (534.2), Sheridan (531.5). 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
Monticello reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Arkansas cities
At 543.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Monticello ranks 50 of 204 — above 154 of the 203 other Arkansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +77.5% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 30.6% of the 144 Part I offenses reported in Monticello for 2024, against a median of 21.0% across comparable Arkansas cities — a gap of 9.5 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 524.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 543.5 in 2024 (+3.7%). The highest observed value was 608.2 in 2023 and the lowest 481.1 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Monticello'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.
Monticello's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.7 Census sq mi, Monticello logged 9.3 property and 4.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Monticello leans on larceny-theft at 48% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,050.
Violent offenses are 31% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-42.5%
2147.5 → 1235.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-10.6%
608.2 → 543.5/100K
Property offenses lead Monticello's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AR
Property Crime
100
1235.3
1939.5
Larceny-Theft
69
852.4
-
Burglary
20
247.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
11
135.9
-
Arson
1
12.4
-
Violent Crime
44
543.5
580.1
Aggravated Assault
31
383
-
Rape
8
98.8
-
Robbery
4
49.4
-
Murder
1
12.4
-
Monticello Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Monticello 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
Monticello Police Department
Reporting agency for Monticello NIBRS-participating
Monticello Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Monticello's 144 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, Monticello reported 44 violent crimes and 100 property crimes, for a total of 144 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Monticello?
From 2023 to 2024, Monticello's violent crime rate decreased by 10.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 42.5%.
What is the most common crime in Monticello?
The most common crime type in Monticello is larceny-theft, accounting for 47.9% of all reported crimes (69 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Monticello 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 Monticello, AR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.