Arkansas Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Arkansas displays a 31.78-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Fayetteville, Arkansas at 35.14 points out of 100 versus Little Rock, Arkansas at 3.36.
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Arkansas displays 3 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 406 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 3 displayed profiles have scores.
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Arkansas has 0 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 1 increasing and 2 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Little Rock, Arkansas has a reporting population of 202,739 residents versus 89,496 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Arkansas is Fayetteville with an adjusted safety score of 35.14 out of 100, ranked across 3 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Arkansas city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 3 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | #1 of 3 | 97,227 | 35.14 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| Fort Smith | #2 of 3 | 89,496 | 21.9 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Little Rock | #3 of 3 | 202,739 | 3.36 | → Stable | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 3 jurisdictions listed above.
Arkansas in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Burglary -21% (16,810 to 13,220), motor vehicle theft -21%, robbery -21%, homicide -16%, larceny-theft -13%, aggravated assault -8%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 92,822 of 255,213 reports (36.4%); larceny-theft alone is 58,346 (22.9%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 80% of homicides cleared vs 15% of motor vehicle thefts and 17% of larcenies (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 391 reports in 2025 vs 464 in 2024 (-16%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (37,772) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (26,832, 10.5% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Aug (5,518) and troughed in Nov (4,325), a 1.3× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 168 of 303 agencies reported burglary in December 2025 (vs 178 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 303 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
Every number on this page ships in the Arkansas workbook.
Arkansas monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 58346 reports vs 67300 in 2024 (down 13% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 4,839 | 179 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 4,427 | 179 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 4,939 | 177 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 4,901 | 177 | Full |
| May 2025 | 5,023 | 176 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 4,884 | 177 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 5,304 | 176 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 5,518 | 176 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 4,714 | 175 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 4,806 | 175 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 4,325 | 173 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 4,666 | 169 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 37772 reports vs 39411 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 2,766 | 178 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 2,595 | 178 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 3,058 | 176 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 3,396 | 176 | Full |
| May 2025 | 3,476 | 175 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 3,185 | 176 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 3,290 | 175 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 3,476 | 175 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 3,089 | 174 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 3,234 | 174 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 3,219 | 172 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 2,988 | 168 | Full |
Intimidation, month by month
→ Stable, 37241 reports vs 38673 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 2,875 | 287 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 2,671 | 287 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 3,222 | 286 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 3,356 | 286 | Full |
| May 2025 | 3,516 | 285 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 3,194 | 286 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 3,309 | 285 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 3,116 | 284 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 3,271 | 282 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 3,006 | 283 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 3,005 | 279 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 2,700 | 277 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
80% of homicides cleared vs 15% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 391 | 314 | 80.3% |
| Aggravated Assault | 20,282 | 10,014 | 49.4% |
| Robbery | 1,558 | 566 | 36.3% |
| Burglary | 13,220 | 2,243 | 17.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 58,346 | 9,825 | 16.8% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 6,613 | 1,016 | 15.4% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Arkansas city reports
- Fayetteville safety report: #1 of 3, population 97,227, score 35.14, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- Fort Smith safety report: #2 of 3, population 89,496, score 21.9, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Little Rock safety report: #3 of 3, population 202,739, score 3.36, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Arkansas reporting agencies recorded 5,518 larceny-theft offenses in Aug 2025 versus 4,325 in Nov 2025, a difference of 1,193 reports; 176 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 173 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 58,346 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Arkansas reporting agencies recorded 3,476 simple assault offenses in May 2025 versus 2,595 in Feb 2025, a difference of 881 reports; 175 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 178 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 37,772 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Arkansas reporting agencies recorded 3,516 intimidation offenses in May 2025 versus 2,671 in Feb 2025, a difference of 845 reports; 285 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 287 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 37,241 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Arkansas reporting agencies recorded 314 cleared homicide offenses against 391 reports received in 2025 (80.3%), compared with 1,016 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 6,613 reports (15.4%), a 64.9-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Little Rock, Arkansas records 3.36 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 16.77 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 20.13; its reporting population of 202,739 residents accounts for 52.1% of the 389,462 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Fayetteville, Arkansas records 35.14 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 15.01 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 20.13; its reporting population of 97,227 residents accounts for 25.0% of the 389,462 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Fort Smith, Arkansas records 21.9 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 1.77 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 20.13; its reporting population of 89,496 residents accounts for 23.0% of the 389,462 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Arkansas reporting-agency sums contain 58,346 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 67,300 in 2024, 8,954 reports (13.3%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 169 to 183 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Arkansas reporting-agency sums contain 37,772 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 39,411 in 2024, 1,639 reports (4.2%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 168 to 182 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Arkansas reporting-agency sums contain 26,758 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 31,904 in 2024, 5,146 reports (16.1%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 169 to 183 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Arkansas directory
The scoring run contains 406 reportable jurisdictions in Arkansas. This public directory displays the 3 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Fayetteville has the highest adjusted score at 35.14, and Little Rock has the lowest at 3.36. The public-cohort range is 31.78 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 0 decreasing, 2 stable, and 1 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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