United States / Arkansas

Arkansas crime rate

The FBI estimates 531.8 violent crimes and 1,644.9 property crimes per 100,000 residents of Arkansas in 2025. The violent crime rate is above the US rate of 327.6 and fell 9.4% from 2024.

Data as of 2025 (FBI estimate), checked October 29, 2026. How we got these numbers

Average share of the population covered by reporting agencies each month, 202598%
Violent crime per 100k, 2025 (FBI estimate)
531.8
US 327.6
Property crime per 100k, 2025 (FBI estimate)
1,644.9
US 1,534.8

Which Arkansas cities are covered?

Arkansas cities with residents and crime rates per 100,000
CityResidentsViolent per 100kProperty per 100k2025 coverage
Fayetteville105,335447.11,911.012 of 12 months
Little Rock205,3201,485.03,979.212 of 12 months

Alphabetical, on purpose: the FBI advises against ranking places by these figures. A year that is not complete has no rate here, and its page explains the gap.

What are the Arkansas crime rates by offense, 2025?

Arkansas crime by offense, 2025
OffenseArkansasUSvs 2024
Violent crime
Violent crime531.8327.69.4%
Murder6.34.117.1%
Rape69.336.16.6%
Robbery30.949.420.6%
Aggravated assault425.3238.08.8%
Property crime
Property crime1,644.91,534.815.4%
Burglary281.2193.620.9%
Larceny-theft1,222.51,144.113.4%
Motor vehicle theft141.3197.020.8%
ArsonNot estimatedNot estimatedNot estimated

Per 100,000 residents. The FBI does not estimate arson for states or the nation.

About this state's data

On average, agencies covering 98% of Arkansas's population reported each month in 2025 (lowest month: 98%). State rates are FBI estimates that fill in for agencies that did not report; city pages never are.

How we count

Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025

ArkansasUnited States
020040060080020212022202320242025Arkansas 2021: 702.4Arkansas 2022: 653.2Arkansas 2023: 623.3Arkansas 2024: 586.8Arkansas 2025: 531.8United States 2021: 387.0United States 2022: 388.7United States 2023: 379.5United States 2024: 362.9United States 2025: 327.6Arkansas 531.8United States 327.6
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Violent crime rate by year, Arkansas
YearArkansasUnited States
2021702.4387.0
2022653.2388.7
2023623.3379.5
2024586.8362.9
2025531.8327.6

Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025

ArkansasUnited States
07501,5002,2503,00020212022202320242025Arkansas 2021: 2,529.0Arkansas 2022: 2,468.3Arkansas 2023: 2,236.7Arkansas 2024: 1,945.2Arkansas 2025: 1,644.9United States 2021: 1,832.3United States 2022: 1,973.8United States 2023: 1,934.1United States 2024: 1,761.1United States 2025: 1,534.8Arkansas 1,644.9United States 1,534.8
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Property crime rate by year, Arkansas
YearArkansasUnited States
20212,529.01,832.3
20222,468.31,973.8
20232,236.71,934.1
20241,945.21,761.1
20251,644.91,534.8

Sources

  • FBI Crime Data Explorer, Arkansas and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025; population coverage from the CDE crime trend data. FBI refresh October 15, 2026.
  • FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
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  • FBI estimated crimes, nation and states, 1979 to 2025 (Summary Reporting System estimates), fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/bulk/estimated_crimes_1979_2025.csv)
  • Arkansas: violent crime reported by agencies, with population coverage, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_state_AR_V__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)