State crime profile · 2024

Arkansas Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 204 cities and 71 of 75 counties in Arkansas (AR), ranked safest to most dangerous from 380 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

580.1
Violent / 100K
1,939.5
Property / 100K
204
Cities
71
Counties

Arkansas violent crime is 580.1 per 100,000, 65% above the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Arkansas records 580.1 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 65% above the national average (about the 46th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 580.1 violent crimes per 100K
  • +65% vs. the U.S. average
  • 46th safest of 51 states & DC
  • 1,939.5 property crimes per 100K

How safe is Arkansas? FBI UCR data snapshot

Arkansas (AR) reported 17,916 violent crimes and 59,899 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 380 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 580.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1939.5 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 3,088,354. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 204 Arkansas cities and 71 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Arkansas below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 448.2 to 580.1 per 100,000, a rise of 29.4%. City-level detail pages within Arkansas include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

How Arkansas ranks nationally

Arkansas vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

580 10th percentile among 51 U.S. states

AR 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 3,088,354 17,916 580.1 59,899 1939.5
2023 3,067,732 18,888 615.7 68,351 2228.1
2022 3,045,637 19,786 649.7 75,200 2469.1
2021 3,025,891 20,887 690.3 75,912 2508.7
2020 3,030,522 20,163 665.3 78,671 2596
2019 3,017,804 17,230 570.9 84,193 2789.9
2018 3,013,825 16,618 551.4 87,882 2916
2017 3,004,279 16,361 544.6 90,612 3016.1
2016 2,988,248 15,899 532.1 94,219 3153
2015 2,978,204 14,877 499.5 91,828 3083.3
2014 2,966,369 13,295 448.2 92,153 3106.6

Cities in Arkansas

Safest cities in Arkansas

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Centerton is the safest sizeable city in Arkansas, at 144.9 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Arkansas

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Little Rock reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Arkansas, at 1,672 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Little Rock is both volume #1 and rate #1 among 20 Arkansas cities with 25,000+ residents in FBI UCR 2024. That non-invert is disclosed, not hidden.

Arkansas's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 14 cities; the anchor is ringed. Arkansas's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 182 1,806 Violent crime per 100K → 440 5,631 Property crime per 100K → Little Rock Fayetteville Springdale Fort Smith SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Arkansas's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
Read the chart as a list
  • Little Rock: 1672 violent, 5214 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Fayetteville: 424 violent, 2371 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Springdale: 491 violent, 1921 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Fort Smith: 842 violent, 3684 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Jonesboro: 720 violent, 3045 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Rogers: 341 violent, 1275 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Conway: 524 violent, 2047 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • North Little Rock: 1180 violent, 4313 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Bentonville: 255 violent, 828 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Pine Bluff: 1581 violent, 4548 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Benton: 414 violent, 2265 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Hot Springs: 534 violent, 4163 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Sherwood: 635 violent, 1935 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Bella Vista: 202 violent, 489 property per 100,000 (grade A)
F

Arkansas safety livability score: 19/100

Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.

  • Violent crime rate

    580.1/100K · F (10th percentile)

  • Property crime rate

    1939.5/100K · F (31th percentile)

  • Murder rate

    N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed

City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Little Rock 204,247
1,672
F
Fayetteville 104,089
423.7
D
Springdale 91,630
491.1
D
Fort Smith 89,977
842.4
F
Jonesboro 81,256
719.9
F
Rogers 75,307
341.3
C
Conway 71,417
523.7
D
North Little Rock 64,487
1,180.1
F
Bentonville 61,109
255.3
B
Pine Bluff 38,524
1,580.8
F
Benton 38,408
414
D
Hot Springs 38,001
534.2
F
Sherwood 33,223
635.1
F
Bella Vista 33,122
202.3
A
Paragould 30,814
915.2
F
Russellville 29,467
349.5
C
Texarkana 29,173
822.7
F
Jacksonville 28,958
949.7
F
Cabot 27,405
354
C
Centerton 26,233
144.9
A
Van Buren 24,446
474.5
D
Searcy 24,108
398.2
C
West Memphis 23,617
1,922.3
F
Bryant 22,262
175.2
B
Siloam Springs 19,985
495.4
D
Maumelle 19,516
179.3
B
El Dorado 16,603
1,319
F
Hot Springs Village 15,861
88.3
A+
Marion 13,619
778.3
F
Harrison 13,524
318
C
Mountain Home 13,427
275.6
C
Blytheville 12,354
1,359.9
F
Forrest City 12,332
1,175.8
F
Lowell 12,036
257.6
B
Batesville 11,623
438.8
C
Malvern 11,155
654.4
F
Magnolia 10,650
788.7
F
Farmington 10,608
235.7
B
Arkadelphia 10,222
293.5
C
Camden 10,025
1,087.3
F
Greenwood 9,721
216
A
Clarksville 9,680
464.9
D
Pea Ridge 9,480
369.2
C
Beebe 9,022
709.4
F
Prairie Grove 8,572
128.3
A
Tontitown 8,554
128.6
A
Hope 8,445
710.5
F
Helena-West Helena 8,404
1,630.2
F
Newport 8,115
492.9
C
Monticello 8,095
543.5
D
Wynne 7,919
1,022.9
F
Pocahontas 7,668
665.1
F
Stuttgart 7,642
1,308.6
F
Trumann 7,367
1,180.9
F
Heber Springs 7,333
354.6
C
Morrilton 7,112
534.3
F
Ward 7,108
281.4
B
Cave Springs 6,248
96
A
Alma 6,053
446.1
C
De Queen 5,998
216.7
B
Berryville 5,782
276.7
C
Mena 5,633
372.8
C
White Hall 5,398
277.9
B
Barling 5,366
354.1
C
Sheridan 5,268
531.5
D
Warren 5,141
252.9
B
Cherokee Village 4,986
200.6
A
Shannon Hills 4,743
253
B
Brookland 4,715
551.4
D
Gentry 4,668
299.9
B
Vilonia 4,656
64.4
A
Crossett 4,507
776.6
F
Dardanelle 4,504
399.6
C
Lonoke 4,283
840.5
F
Austin 4,204
214.1
B
Haskell 4,193
143.1
A
Ashdown 4,136
435.2
D
Nashville 4,010
423.9
D
Elkins 3,977
326.9
B
Alexander 3,854
570.8
F
Booneville 3,825
470.6
D
Gravette 3,813
262.3
B
Manila 3,724
402.8
C
Johnson 3,693
297.9
C
Ozark 3,605
665.7
F
Dumas 3,562
1,151
F
Piggott 3,509
85.5
A
Waldron 3,354
298.2
C
Pottsville 3,330
90.1
A+
Paris 3,312
785
F
Marianna 3,243
1,819.3
F
Green Forest 3,214
560
D
Fordyce 3,177
786.9
F
Corning 3,086
259.2
B
Little Flock 3,030
297
B
Prescott 2,986
301.4
C
Mountain View 2,953
474.1
D
Bono 2,907
103.2
B
Atkins 2,893
311.1
C
DeWitt 2,844
457.1
C
Showing the 100 largest of 204 reporting cities. Browse all 204 cities → Or see the safest and most dangerous rankings.

Counties in Arkansas

71 of 75 Census county-equivalents (94.7%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in Arkansas, violent crime per 100K

Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Arkansas
Ashley
Baxter
Benton
Boone
Bradley
Calhoun
Carroll
Chicot
Clark
Clay
Cleburne
Cleveland
Columbia
Conway
Craighead
Crawford
Crittenden
Dallas
Desha
Drew
Faulkner
Franklin
Fulton
Garland
Grant
Greene
Hempstead
Howard
Independence
Izard
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Lafayette
Lawrence
Lee
Lincoln
Little River
Logan
Lonoke
Madison
Marion
Miller
Mississippi
Monroe
Montgomery
Newton
Ouachita
Perry
Phillips
Pike
Poinsett
Polk
Pope
Prairie
Pulaski
Randolph
Saline
Scott
Searcy
Sebastian
Sevier
Sharp
Stone
Union
Van Buren
Washington
White
Woodruff
Yell

Nationwide peers for Arkansas

Similar violent rate (~580.1/100K)

Similar property rate (~1,939.5/100K)

Nearby States

Alaska
AK
Arizona
AZ
California
CA
Colorado
CO
Connecticut
CT

Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology

Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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