ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 72565

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

405
Violent rate /100K (county)
1,043
Population (ZIP)
346
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 72565 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 72565 sits within Izard County, AR. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.

Izard County reported a violent-crime rate of 405 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 346 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

ZIP 72565 carries a Census-reported population of 1,043, ranking #3 of 14 ZIPs in Izard County, spread across 33.99 square miles (about 31 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Izard County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Izard County crime page linked below.

ZIP 72565 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The violent-led county proxy above is from Izard County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 72565 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
$59,063
Median age
44.7 years
Owner-occupied homes
90%
Occupied homes
333

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 72565?

Participating agencies give Izard County a split reported profile: violent crime is 15% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 80% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 72565. 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.

72565 is comparatively spread out at about 31 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.

Izard County UCR book ZIP 72565 inherits

ZIP 72565 itself is about 31 people per Census sq mi across 34 sq mi (1,043 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 72565 accounts for roughly 7.7% of the county reporting population (1,043 of 13,577).

Izard County leans on aggravated assault at 50% of reported offenses (mix index 3,601). ZIP 72565 has no separate FBI offense book.

Izard County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -24% vs 2023; property counts -41% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Izard 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 72565

Similar county violent rate (~405/100K)

Similar Census population (~1,043)

County detail: Izard 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.