Morrilton, AR carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 52% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Morrilton, AR shows violent crime at 534.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,812.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 52% 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
534.3/100K violent
2812.1/100K property
+52% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Morrilton, AR
Comparable rate records
Morrilton's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arkansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Morrilton's 534.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hot Springs (534.2), Sheridan (531.5), Judsonia (529.4), Monticello (543.5). 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
Morrilton reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Arkansas cities
At 534.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Morrilton ranks 51 of 204 — above 153 of the 203 other Arkansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +74.5% 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
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 16.0% of the 238 Part I offenses reported in Morrilton for 2024, against a median of 21.1% across comparable Arkansas cities — a gap of 5.2 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 86.0% of reported property offenses in Morrilton, against a cohort median of 74.4%. The remainder is burglary (23) and motor vehicle theft (5). 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 558.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 534.3 in 2024 (-4.2%). The highest observed value was 558.0 in 2020 and the lowest 380.1 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Morrilton'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.
Morrilton's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.8 Census sq mi, Morrilton logged 22.7 property and 4.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Morrilton's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (72% of 238 offenses; mix index 5,508).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.8 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
-19.9%
3510.2 → 2812.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+11.9%
477.4 → 534.3/100K
Property offenses lead Morrilton's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
200
2812.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
172
2418.4
-
Burglary
23
323.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
5
70.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
38
534.3
352
Aggravated Assault
32
449.9
-
Rape
6
84.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Morrilton Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Morrilton 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
Morrilton Police Department
Reporting agency for Morrilton NIBRS-participating
Morrilton Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Morrilton's 238 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, Morrilton reported 38 violent crimes and 200 property crimes, for a total of 238 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Morrilton?
From 2023 to 2024, Morrilton's violent crime rate increased by 11.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 19.9%.
What is the most common crime in Morrilton?
The most common crime type in Morrilton is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.3% of all reported crimes (172 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Morrilton 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 Morrilton, AR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.