What is the crime rate in Charleston, AR?

In 2025, the Charleston Police Department reported 11 violent crimes and 17 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 398 violent and 614 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,767 residents it serves.

Across Arkansas the rates were 536 and 1,670.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 398
Property per 100,000: 614
Violent crimes: 11
Property crimes: 17

Crime reported by the Charleston Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	15	565	39	1,469	2,654
2024	16	587	32	1,175	2,724
2025	11	398	17	614	2,767

Violent crimes reported went from 15 in 2023 to 11 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 39 in 2023 to 17 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Charleston against Arkansas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Charleston	398	614
Arkansas	536	1,670
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Charleston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Charleston	—	398	614
Lavaca	8.0 mi	196	392
Greenwood	12 mi	174	215
Booneville	13 mi	578	2,286
Barling	13 mi	314	1,311
Kibler	14 mi	575	958
Mulberry	15 mi	243	851
Alma	17 mi	379	1,137
Paris	18 mi	935	2,354

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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