ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 72160

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

332
Property rate /100K (county)
9,055
Population (ZIP)
181
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 72160 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 72160 sits within Arkansas County, AR, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Arkansas County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 181 violent and 332 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 72160 is the largest ZIP in Arkansas County by population, 9,055 residents (#1 of 10 county ZIPs), across 319.02 square miles (28/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Arkansas County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Arkansas County crime page linked below.

ZIP 72160 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Arkansas County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 72160 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
$58,865
Median age
38.2 years
Owner-occupied homes
57%
Occupied homes
3,487

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 72160?

Within the participating-agency records for Arkansas County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 49% below and property crime is 81% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 72160. 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.

Within the county, 72160 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 10). Its 9,055 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Arkansas County UCR book ZIP 72160 inherits

ZIP 72160 itself is about 28 people per Census sq mi across 319 sq mi (9,055 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 72160's 9,055 residents are about 52.8% of the 2024 county reporting population (17,149), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Arkansas County leans on larceny-theft at 36% of reported offenses (mix index 2,632). ZIP 72160 has no separate FBI offense book.

Arkansas County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +121% vs 2023; property counts +12% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Arkansas 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 72160

Similar county violent rate (~181/100K)

Similar Census population (~9,055)

County detail: Arkansas 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.