ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 72153

Van Buren County, Arkansas: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

829
Property rate /100K (county)
3,823
Population (ZIP)
513
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 72153 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 72153 sits within Van Buren County, AR, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Van Buren County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 513 violent and 829 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 72153 carries a Census-reported population of 3,823, ranking #2 of 8 ZIPs in Van Buren County, spread across 100.8 square miles (about 38 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Van Buren County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Van Buren County crime page linked below.

ZIP 72153 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Van Buren County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 72153 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$46,198
Median age
37.8 years
Owner-occupied homes
90%
Occupied homes
1,410

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 72153?

Participating agencies give Van Buren County a split reported profile: violent crime is 46% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 52% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 72153. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

72153 is comparatively spread out at about 38 people per square mile. That settlement pattern may differ sharply from the county's population centers, another reason to use the county rates as regional context rather than a local estimate.

Van Buren County UCR book ZIP 72153 inherits

ZIP 72153 itself is about 38 people per Census sq mi across 100.8 sq mi (3,823 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 72153's 3,823 residents are about 24.2% of the 2024 county reporting population (15,796), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Van Buren County leans on larceny-theft at 43% of reported offenses (mix index 2,896). ZIP 72153 has no separate FBI offense book.

Van Buren County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +27% vs 2023; property counts -20% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Van Buren County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 72153

Similar county violent rate (~513/100K)

Similar Census population (~3,823)

County detail: Van Buren County · State atlas: Arkansas

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.