Photo: Ron Reiring · CC BY 2.0Clarksville reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Clarksville’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #52 of 105 graded towns in Arkansas.
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 Clarksville
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Arkansas towns on Clarksville’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Lamar (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Arkansas towns, closer to the middle
Arkansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Clarksville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 50% of the 105 Arkansas towns we grade, against 22% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Clarksville has 6,719 jobs based in town for 9,632 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Clarksville’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (17.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Arkansas.
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| Year | Clarksville property | Rest of Arkansas property | Clarksville violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.5 | 31.4 | 2.2 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | 19.4 | 28.9 | 4.8 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 20.4 | 24.8 | 4.6 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 12.3 | 20.5 | 3.3 | 6.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 12 property crimes reported
And about 3 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Clarksville’s police reported 123 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.9 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Clarksville | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 7.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
151 crimes reported in 2025
32 violent and 119 property, as reported to the FBI by Clarksville’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Eight people died in crashes on Clarksville’s roads in 2019–2023
Clarksville had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Arkansas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (10.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Clarksville’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Clarksville’s own rate (16.8) 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.
Clarksville and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville | C− | 4.2 | 17.3 |
| Lamar | B | 1.3 | 10.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arkansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville | C− | 4.2 | 17.3 |
| Greenwood | B+ | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| Prairie Grove | B+ | 1.6 | 5.9 |
| Arkadelphia | C | 2.8 | 17.2 |
| Beebe | C− | 5.8 | 18.0 |
| Camden | D− | 10.1 | 35.1 |
The five graded Arkansas towns closest to Clarksville’s population (9,632), by grade.
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 Clarksville. 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 Clarksville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,667 in 2025); our figure for Clarksville is 9,632 (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 Clarksville
Is Clarksville, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Clarksville reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #52 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 4.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.9 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Clarksville?
4.2 violent and 17.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arkansas reports 6.9 and 24.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Clarksville?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Clarksville safer than Lamar?
Lamar reports less crime per resident than Clarksville: Lamar grades B for safety and Clarksville C−. Lamar’s police reported 1.3 violent and 10.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Clarksville?
Clarksville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Clarksville”. 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.