What is the crime rate in Lake City, AR?

In 2025, the Lake City Police Department reported 6 violent crimes and 33 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 212 violent and 1,165 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,833 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: 212
Property per 100,000: 1,165
Violent crimes: 6
Property crimes: 33

Crime reported by the Lake City 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	5	189	16	604	2,649
2024	4	147	23	843	2,729
2025	6	212	33	1,165	2,833

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 6 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 33 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.

Lake City against Arkansas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lake City	212	1,165
Craighead County	473	2,028
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 Lake City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lake City	—	212	1,165
Bay	7.5 mi	111	111
Monette	8.0 mi	127	955
Caraway	8.4 mi	0	921
Brookland	8.5 mi	338	506
Trumann	11 mi	918	2,038
Jonesboro	13 mi	575	2,486
Leachville	13 mi	582	847
Lepanto	16 mi	124	1,300

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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