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Safety in Augusta · Not graded

Crime reported in Augusta, AR

Augusta’s police reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
8
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
20
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
9 mi
McCrory (C−)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported

And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (11)Violent crime (4.4)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Augusta4.4
Rest of AR6.2
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Augusta11.0
Rest of AR20.5
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Augusta’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Arkansas. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

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YearAugustaRest of ArkansasAugustaRest of Arkansas
20227.831.31.07.8
2023not reported28.9not reported7.5
2024not reported24.8not reported6.9
202511.020.54.46.2

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

28 crimes reported in 2025

8 violent and 20 property, as reported to the FBI by Augusta’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft11
Burglary7
Vehicle theft2
Aggravated assault8
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
8
violent crimes
20
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Arkansas towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
McCroryC−9 mi4.116.1
JudsoniaC16 mi3.910.4
KensettC18 mi4.710.2
SearcyD21 mi4.425.5
Des ArcC+23 mi3.86.4
NewportD24 mi6.517.0

Straight-line distance from the center of Augusta. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Augusta.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Augusta’s roads in 2019–2023

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 Augusta’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Augusta’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Arkansas towns of 2,500–5,000: 6.5

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.

Next door

Augusta and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

Augusta
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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 Augusta. 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 Augusta’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,814 in 2025); our figure for Augusta is 1,813 (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 Augusta

Is Augusta, AR safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Augusta. Augusta’s police reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Arkansas towns with a grade are McCrory (C−, 9 mi), Judsonia (C, 16 mi), Kensett (C, 18 mi).

Who polices Augusta?

Augusta’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Augusta”. 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.