Forrest City, AR Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Forrest City:

  • There were 809 total crimes committed in Forrest City the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 6,316.9 total crimes per 100K people in Forrest City.
  • The overall crime rate in Forrest City is 171.79% above the national average.
  • Forrest City ranks #200 safest out of 206 cities in Arkansas.
  • Forrest City ranks #9,641 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 6,316.9 per 100,000 people. That's 171.79% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 92.27% higher than the Arkansas total crime rate of 3,285.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Forrest City
/ 100k People
Arkansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 809 6,316.9 3,285.3 2,324.2
Murder 12 93.7 10.6 6.3
Robbery 16 124.9 52.0 66.1
Aggravated Assault 249 1,944.2 535.8 268.2
Violent Crime 283 2,209.7 671.9 369.8
Burglary 105 819.9 523.1 269.8
Larceny 361 2,818.8 1,828.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 60 468.5 261.8 282.7
Property Crime 526 4,107.1 2,613.4 1,954.4

Forrest City Crime Compared To Arkansas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Arkansas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Forrest City

283
Violent Crimes
2,209.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
497.55%
Above The National Average
  • There were 283 violent crimes in Forrest City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Forrest City is 2,209.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 45.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Forrest City each year. That compares to a 1 in 148.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 497.55% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 228.86% higher than the Arkansas violent crime rate of 671.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Forrest City

526
Property Crimes
4,107.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
110.15%
Above The National Average
  • There were 526 property crimes in Forrest City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Forrest City is 4,107.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 24.3 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 110.15% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 57.16% higher than the Arkansas property crime rate of 2,613.4 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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