Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY-SA 3.0Marion reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Marion’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #76 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 Marion
Marion reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Arkansas towns on Marion’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: West Memphis (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Arkansas towns, closer to the middle
Arkansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Marion’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 28% of the 105 Arkansas towns we grade, against 11% 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 Marion’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 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 | Marion property | Rest of Arkansas property | Marion violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.8 | 31.3 | 7.1 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | 27.2 | 28.9 | 6.3 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 20.9 | 24.8 | 7.8 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 15.7 | 20.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Marion’s police reported 266 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.6 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 | Marion | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 16 property crimes reported
And about 6 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.
287 crimes reported in 2025
75 violent and 212 property, as reported to the FBI by Marion’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on Marion’s roads in 2019–2023
Marion had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a cyclist. Most of these deaths (5 of 7) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Marion’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Marion’s own rate (10.3) 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.
Marion and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | D | 6.6 | 21.3 |
| West Memphis | D− | 20.6 | 43.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arkansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | D | 6.6 | 21.3 |
| Lowell | B | 2.3 | 6.2 |
| Harrison | C | 3.1 | 16.9 |
| Mountain Home | C− | 2.7 | 23.0 |
| Forrest City | D− | 14.6 | 31.2 |
| Blytheville | D− | 10.8 | 39.0 |
The five graded Arkansas towns closest to Marion’s population (13,378), 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 Marion. 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 Marion’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,466 in 2025); our figure for Marion is 13,378 (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 Marion
Is Marion, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Marion reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #76 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 6.6 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 Marion?
6.6 violent and 21.3 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 Marion?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Marion safer than West Memphis?
West Memphis reports more crime per resident than Marion: West Memphis grades D− for safety and Marion D. West Memphis’s police reported 20.6 violent and 43.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Marion?
Marion’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Marion”. 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.