ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 72685

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

526
Property rate /100K (county)
1,252
Population (ZIP)
249
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 72685 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 72685 sits within Newton 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.

Newton County reported a violent-crime rate of 249 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 526 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

Based on just 18 reported violent incidents across a county population of 7,225, this count is too low to support a reliable per-100K rate comparison. It may reflect a genuinely low-crime county, or it may reflect incomplete agency-level reporting to the FBI UCR Program for this county and year, small county-level counts are common in FBI Table 10 and should be treated as a data point, not a precise safety ranking.

ZIP 72685 carries a Census-reported population of 1,252, ranking #2 of 11 ZIPs in Newton County, spread across 51.43 square miles (about 24 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Newton County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Newton County crime page linked below.

ZIP 72685 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Newton County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 72685 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
$52,563
Median age
47.7 years
Owner-occupied homes
81%
Occupied homes
487

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

Newton County UCR book ZIP 72685 inherits

ZIP 72685 itself is about 24 people per Census sq mi across 51.4 sq mi (1,252 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 72685's 1,252 residents are about 17.3% of the 2024 county reporting population (7,225), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Newton County leans on larceny-theft at 52% of reported offenses (mix index 3,386). ZIP 72685 has no separate FBI offense book.

Newton County 2024 vs 2023: property counts flat vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Newton 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 72685

Similar Census population (~1,252)

County detail: Newton 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.