Forrest City, AR Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Forrest City, AR Summary

Crime in Forrest City research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Forrest City over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Forrest City:

  • There were 497 total crimes committed in Forrest City in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,030.2 total crimes per 100K people in Forrest City.
  • The overall crime rate in Forrest City is 90.17% above the national average.
  • Forrest City ranks #197 safest out of 214 cities in Arkansas.
  • Forrest City ranks #9,288 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Forrest City Vs Arkansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Forrest City is 4,030.2 per 100,000 people. That's 90.17% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 60.63% higher than the Arkansas total crime rate of 2,508.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Forrest City
/ 100k People
Arkansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 497 4,030.2 2,508.9 2,119.2
Murder 5 40.5 7.3 5.0
Robbery 3 24.3 38.6 61.0
Aggravated Assault 130 1,054.2 463.5 256.0
Violent Crime 145 1,175.8 579.4 359.0
Burglary 53 429.8 352.7 229.0
Larceny 250 2,027.2 1,400.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 49 397.3 176.8 259.0
Property Crime 352 2,854.4 1,929.5 1,760.0

Forrest City Crime Compared To Arkansas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Arkansas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Forrest City

145
Violent Crimes
1,175.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
227.52%
Above The National Average
  • There were 145 violent crimes in Forrest City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Forrest City is 1,175.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 85.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Forrest City each year. That compares to a 1 in 172.6 chance statewide.
  • That's 227.52% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 102.95% higher than the Arkansas violent crime rate of 579.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Forrest City

352
Property Crimes
2,854.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
62.18%
Above The National Average
  • There were 352 property crimes in Forrest City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Forrest City is 2,854.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Forrest City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 62.18% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 47.93% higher than the Arkansas property crime rate of 1,929.5 per 100,000 people.

Forrest City SnackAbility

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/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
7
Diversity
8.5
Safety
3
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
10
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