Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Paragould, AR Crime Grade
How Paragould 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arkansas
3/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Paragould, AR was 268.3 per 100,000 residents (83 incidents over a population of 30,940). That puts Paragould Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 50% below the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Paragould #2,481 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 34% of them, and #13 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 71% year over year and down 78% over the last five years.
Paragould, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 268.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,481 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #13 of 40
- Safer than
- 34% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 71%
- 5-year change
- down 78%
- Population
- 30,940
- Reporting agency
- Paragould Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Paragould Police Department (FBI ORI AR0280100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Paragould, AR
Also known as
- Center Hill
- Parmley
- The Crossing
History
Incorporated March 3, 1883. A compound of the names of two railroad men, W. J. Paramore and Jay Gould.
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. Paragould (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Paragould vs. U.S., 2025 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1231.4(364) | 1158.6(351) | 1264.6(385) | 915.2(282) | 268.3(83) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.3(1) | 6.6(2) | 3.2(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 91.3(27) | 132.0(40) | 108.4(33) | 90.9(28) | 67.9(21) |
| Robbery | 27.1(8) | 46.2(14) | 36.1(11) | 26.0(8) | 29.1(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 1113.0(329) | 977.0(296) | 1113.5(339) | 795.1(245) | 171.3(53) |
| Property crime | 3745.1(1,107) | 3822.3(1,158) | 3639.3(1,108) | 2911.0(897) | 2747.3(850) |
| Burglary | 483.8(143) | 557.8(169) | 548.5(167) | 350.5(108) | 643.2(199) |
| Larceny | 2892.5(855) | 2950.9(894) | 2768.9(843) | 2352.8(725) | 1952.2(604) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 365.4(108) | 300.4(91) | 308.8(94) | 201.2(62) | 142.2(44) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Paragould, 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 Paragould 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 Paragould calculated?
- Paragould'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 Paragould 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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