Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 373-5 Site · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Searcy reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Searcy’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #72 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 Searcy
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Arkansas towns on Searcy’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Kensett (C). Neighbors ↓
Among Arkansas towns, closer to the middle
Arkansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Searcy’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 31% of the 105 Arkansas towns we grade, against 14% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Searcy is home to Harding University, with 4,040 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 15% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Searcy has 17,098 jobs based in town for 24,351 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 Searcy’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.
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 | Searcy property | Rest of Arkansas property | Searcy violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36.9 | 31.2 | 5.1 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | 33.0 | 28.8 | 4.6 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 22.7 | 24.8 | 4.0 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 21.1 | 20.5 | 4.7 | 6.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 21 property crimes reported
And about 5 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
Searcy’s police reported 316 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.4 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 | Searcy | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
625 crimes reported in 2025
114 violent and 511 property, as reported to the FBI by Searcy’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
19 people died in crashes on Searcy’s roads in 2019–2023
Searcy had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 16.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Arkansas towns of 5,000–25,000 people (10.1, 52 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.
Searcy and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Searcy. 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 Searcy’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,267 in 2025); our figure for Searcy is 24,351 (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 Searcy
Is Searcy, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Searcy reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #72 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 4.4 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 Searcy?
4.4 violent and 25.5 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 Searcy?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Searcy safer than Kensett?
Kensett reports less crime per resident than Searcy: Kensett grades C for safety and Searcy D. Kensett’s police reported 4.7 violent and 10.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Searcy?
Searcy’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Searcy”. 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.