Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Centerton, AR Crime Grade
How Centerton grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Arkansas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arkansas
1/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Centerton, AR was 144.9 per 100,000 residents (38 incidents over a population of 26,233). That puts Centerton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 75% below the Arkansas statewide rate of 589.7.
That ranks Centerton #1,577 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 58% of them, and #4 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 36% year over year and down 64% over the last five years.
Centerton, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 144.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,577 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #4 of 40
- Safer than
- 58% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 36%
- 5-year change
- down 64%
- Population
- 26,233
- Reporting agency
- Centerton Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Centerton Police Department (FBI ORI AR0041300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Centerton, AR
Also known as
- Centerpoint
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Centerton (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Centerton vs. U.S., 2024 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 398.9(59) | 338.5(56) | 205.2(45) | 226.4(53) | 144.9(38) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 12.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.8(1) |
| Rape | 175.8(26) | 133.0(22) | 36.5(8) | 42.7(10) | 7.6(2) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 223.1(33) | 187.4(31) | 168.7(37) | 183.7(43) | 133.4(35) |
| Property crime | 878.9(130) | 864.5(143) | 424.1(93) | 367.4(86) | 240.2(63) |
| Burglary | 202.8(30) | 223.7(37) | 132.3(29) | 119.6(28) | 64.8(17) |
| Larceny | 655.8(97) | 592.4(98) | 260.0(57) | 217.9(51) | 160.1(42) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 20.3(3) | 48.4(8) | 31.9(7) | 29.9(7) | 15.2(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Centerton, AR Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Centerton Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Centerton calculated?
- Centerton's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Arkansas state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Arkansas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Centerton Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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