It is located in Saint Francis County, AR. It has a population of 14,544 inhabitants. The crime rate is - 710.95 per 10.000 people. There have been 1,034 arrests in 2016. The city has seen a downtick in arrest records since last year by 0.001%. The majority of crimes committed in Forrest City are larceny/theft crimes - 549 incarcerations, whereas the least popular crime is the murder and non negligent manslaughter - only 1 arrests.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 21-30 age group - 33.9%, the least crimes have committed people between 61-70 - 0.7%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to Black race, whilst the least arrests had White race.
The city has seen more non-violent crimes than violent. There have been 171 felony charges and 863 non-violent crimes.
For the time period of 2007-2016, the city of Forrest City averaged 848 violent crimes. Of that total, 16 was for murder/non-negligent manslaughter, another 42 was for legacy rape, 249 was for robbery, and 541 was for aggravated assault.