Greenwood, AR Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Greenwood, AR Summary

Crime in Greenwood research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Greenwood 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 Greenwood:

  • There were 53 total crimes committed in Greenwood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 545.2 total crimes per 100K people in Greenwood.
  • The overall crime rate in Greenwood is -74.27% below the national average.
  • Greenwood ranks #31 safest out of 214 cities in Arkansas.
  • Greenwood ranks #2,439 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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Greenwood Vs Arkansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Greenwood is 545.2 per 100,000 people. That's -74.27% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -78.27% lower than the Arkansas total crime rate of 2,508.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Greenwood
/ 100k People
Arkansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 53 545.2 2,508.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.3 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 38.6 61.0
Aggravated Assault 18 185.2 463.5 256.0
Violent Crime 21 216.0 579.4 359.0
Burglary 13 133.7 352.7 229.0
Larceny 14 144.0 1,400.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 51.4 176.8 259.0
Property Crime 32 329.2 1,929.5 1,760.0

Greenwood 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 Greenwood

21
Violent Crimes
216.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-39.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 21 violent crimes in Greenwood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Greenwood is 216.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 462.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Greenwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 172.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -39.83% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -62.71% lower than the Arkansas violent crime rate of 579.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Greenwood

32
Property Crimes
329.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-81.30%
Below The National Average
  • There were 32 property crimes in Greenwood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Greenwood is 329.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 303.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Greenwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -81.30% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -82.94% lower than the Arkansas property crime rate of 1,929.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Greenwood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Fort Smith, AR 89,977 4,073 4,526.7 3,684.3 842.4
Van Buren, AR 24,446 616 2,519.8 2,045.3 474.5
Clarksville, AR 9,680 242 2,500.0 2,035.1 464.9
Poteau, OK 9,161 296 3,231.1 2,936.4 294.7
Sallisaw, OK 8,688 318 3,660.2 3,153.8 506.4
Alma, AR 6,053 90 1,486.9 1,040.8 446.1
Mena, AR 5,633 166 2,946.9 2,574.1 372.8
Barling, AR 5,366 91 1,695.9 1,341.8 354.1
Pocola, OK 4,615 28 606.7 455.0 151.7

Greenwood SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
5
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8
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