Little Rock, AR Crime Rate & Safety

FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Little Rock, AR

Little Rock, AR — reporting population 204,247 in 2024 — recorded 3,415 violent crimes and 10,650 property crimes in the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's Table 8 city-level submissions. The city's violent crime rate works out to 1672 per 100,000 residents, while the property crime rate reaches 5214.3 per 100,000. Combining those two rates against national benchmarks yields a composite safety grade of F (High Risk), scoring 0 out of 100.

Within the violent crime count, aggravated assault accounted for 2,699 incidents, robbery 445, murder 36, and rape 235 in 2024. Property crime splits into larceny-theft (7,810), burglary (1,914), motor vehicle theft (926), and arson (61). Larceny-theft and other property offenses typically dominate city crime counts, and larceny-theft leads Little Rock's mix at 55.5% of all Part I offenses.

Against the national violent crime average, Little Rock runs 2268% above the US benchmark, and 188% above the Arkansas statewide rate. Translated to per-capita risk, the 2024 figures imply roughly a 1 in 15 statistical chance of being named in a crime report that year, narrowing to 1 in 60 for a violent offense. UCR figures reflect offenses reported to and submitted by local law enforcement and may undercount unreported crime.