Ash Flat reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Ash Flat’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AR” is every other Arkansas city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Ash Flat
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Arkansas towns on Ash Flat’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Cherokee Village (B+). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Ash Flat has 1,375 jobs based in town for 1,156 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ash Flat’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Ash Flat’s police reported 7 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.8 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Ash Flat | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 40 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Arkansas.
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| Year | Ash Flat property | Rest of Arkansas property | Ash Flat violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.7 | 31.3 | 0.9 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | 29.6 | 28.9 | 2.5 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 22.7 | 24.8 | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 39.8 | 20.5 | 1.7 | 6.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
49 crimes reported in 2025
2 violent and 47 property, as reported to the FBI by Ash Flat’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Ash Flat’s roads in 2019–2023
Ash Flat had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Arkansas towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Ash Flat’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ash Flat’s own rate (32.9) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Ash Flat and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Flat | C− | 2.0 | 30.7 |
| Cherokee Village | B+ | 1.6 | 5.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Ash Flat. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Ash Flat’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,180 in 2025); our figure for Ash Flat is 1,156 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Ash Flat
Is Ash Flat, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ash Flat reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade. Its police reported 2.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.8 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Ash Flat?
2.0 violent and 30.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arkansas reports 6.8 and 24.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Ash Flat?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Ash Flat safer than Cherokee Village?
Cherokee Village reports less crime per resident than Ash Flat: Cherokee Village grades B+ for safety and Ash Flat C−. Cherokee Village’s police reported 1.6 violent and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ash Flat?
Ash Flat’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ash Flat”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.