Edward L. Westbrooke Building · Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Jonesboro records more crime than 92% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 25% from 2023 to 2025. Violent crime here is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 90%. That puts it at D for safety, judged on crimes Jonesboro’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #81 of 105 graded towns in Arkansas. Violence and property crime split as 6.4 violent crimes and 29.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 6.9 and 24.5 in the rest of 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 Jonesboro
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Arkansas towns on Jonesboro’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Bay (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Arkansas towns, closer to the middle
Arkansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Jonesboro’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 23% of the 105 Arkansas towns we grade, against 8% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Jonesboro’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Jonesboro property | Rest of Arkansas property | Jonesboro violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 33.2 | 31.2 | 6.5 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 33.1 | 28.7 | 6.4 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 30.4 | 24.5 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 24.1 | 20.3 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in Jonesboro per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Jonesboro | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Jonesboro’s police reported 1,569 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.9 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
2,474 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
468 violent and 2,006 property, as reported to the FBI by Jonesboro’s police.
45 people died in crashes on Jonesboro’s roads in 2019–2023
Jonesboro had 39 fatal crashes in five years, in which 45 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 11.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Arkansas towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.8, 18 towns).
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.
Jonesboro and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arkansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro | D | 6.4 | 29.1 |
| Rogers | C | 3.2 | 13.1 |
| Springdale | C− | 5.2 | 19.7 |
| Conway | C− | 5.2 | 21.2 |
| Fort Smith | D− | 8.8 | 37.1 |
| North Little Rock | D− | 11.3 | 41.4 |
The five graded Arkansas towns closest to Jonesboro’s population (83,296), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Jonesboro. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Jonesboro’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (83,296 in 2025); our figure for Jonesboro is 83,296 (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 Jonesboro
Is Jonesboro, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Jonesboro reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #81 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 6.4 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 Jonesboro?
6.4 violent and 29.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arkansas reports 6.9 and 24.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Jonesboro in 2025?
Jonesboro’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Jonesboro safer than Bay?
Bay reports less crime per resident than Jonesboro: Bay grades B for safety and Jonesboro D. Bay’s police reported 1.5 violent and 9.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Jonesboro?
Jonesboro’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jonesboro”. 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.