Springdale, AR has a D safety grade (34/100) with a violent crime rate of 491 per 100,000, 40% above the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Springdale, AR Crime Rate & Safety
At 91,630 residents, Springdale is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against AR and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Springdale, AR carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 40% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Springdale, AR shows violent crime at 491.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,920.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 40% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
491.1/100K violent
1920.8/100K property
+40% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Springdale, AR
Comparable rate records
Springdale's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Arkansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Springdale's 491.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Newport (492.9), England (493.6), Siloam Springs (495.4), Van Buren (474.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Springdale sits mid-pack among comparable Arkansas cities
At 491.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Springdale ranks 62 of 204 — above 142 of the 203 other Arkansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +60.4% against the cohort median of 306.2. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 425.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 491.1 in 2024 (+15.5%). The highest observed value was 568.5 in 2023 and the lowest 425.2 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Springdale's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Springdale's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 49.8 Census sq mi, Springdale logged 35.4 property and 9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Springdale's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 2,210 offenses; mix index 4,598).
Violent offenses are 20% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (49.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-28.5%
2686.5 → 1920.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-13.6%
568.5 → 491.1/100K
Property offenses lead Springdale's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,760
1920.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
1,441
1572.6
-
Burglary
180
196.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
139
151.7
-
Arson
2
2.2
-
Violent Crime
450
491.1
352
Aggravated Assault
327
356.9
-
Rape
100
109.1
-
Robbery
19
20.7
-
Murder
4
4.4
-
Springdale Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Springdale property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Springdale Police Department
Reporting agency for Springdale NIBRS-participating
Springdale Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Springdale's 2,210 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Arkansas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Arkansas cities closest to Springdale in population. Their populations run from 38,524 to 104,089, against 91,630 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Springdale reported 450 violent crimes and 1,760 property crimes, for a total of 2,210 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Springdale?
From 2023 to 2024, Springdale's violent crime rate decreased by 13.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 28.5%.
What is the most common crime in Springdale?
The most common crime type in Springdale is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.2% of all reported crimes (1,441 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Springdale's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Springdale, AR rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.