Little Rock, AR crime rate
In 2025 the Little Rock Police Department reported 1,485.0 violent crimes and 3,979.2 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Arkansas and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Little Rock compare with Arkansas and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Little Rock only.
What offenses were reported in Little Rock, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Arkansas | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 3,049 | 1,485.0 | 531.8 | 327.6 | down 11.2% | down 28.0% |
| Murder | 46 | 22.4 | 6.3 | 4.1 | up 27.3% | down 29.6% |
| Rape | 219 | 106.7 | 69.3 | 36.1 | down 7.3% | down 15.7% |
| Robbery | 348 | 169.5 | 30.9 | 49.4 | down 22.4% | down 15.3% |
| Aggravated assault | 2,436 | 1,186.4 | 425.3 | 238.0 | down 10.3% | down 30.4% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 8,170 | 3,979.2 | 1,644.9 | 1,534.8 | down 24.2% | down 26.5% |
| Burglary | 1,389 | 676.5 | 281.2 | 193.6 | down 27.9% | down 31.9% |
| Larceny-theft | 6,089 | 2,965.6 | 1,222.5 | 1,144.1 | down 22.6% | down 22.8% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 644 | 313.7 | 141.3 | 197.0 | down 30.8% | down 41.0% |
| Arson | 48 | 23.4 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 23.0% | down 50.1% |
Reported = offenses known to the Little Rock Police Department and sent to the FBI. Arkansas and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Little Rock | United States | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,063.5 | 387.0 | 702.4 |
| 2022 | 1,833.1 | 388.7 | 653.2 |
| 2023 | 1,801.6 | 379.5 | 623.3 |
| 2024 | 1,673.0 | 362.9 | 586.8 |
| 2025 | 1,485.0 | 327.6 | 531.8 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Little Rock | United States | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,416.1 | 1,832.3 | 2,529.0 |
| 2022 | 5,382.3 | 1,973.8 | 2,468.3 |
| 2023 | 5,464.9 | 1,934.1 | 2,236.7 |
| 2024 | 5,251.5 | 1,761.1 | 1,945.2 |
| 2025 | 3,979.2 | 1,534.8 | 1,644.9 |
Is Little Rock safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Little Rock Police Department reported, 1,485.0 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Arkansas's 531.8, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 11.2% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025, 3,049 violent crimes were reported to the FBI by Little Rock police, a rate of 1,485.0 per 100,000 residents covered by the Little Rock Police Department. The Arkansas estimate that year was 531.8, so the city rate was 2.8 times the state; it was 4.5 times the US rate of 327.6. For property crime the rate was 3,979.2, or 2.6 times the national 1,534.8 and 2.4 times the state's 1,644.9.
Both totals fell from 2024 to 2025, violent crime by 11.2% and property crime by 24.2%. Measured from 2021, the declines are 28.0% for violent crime and 26.5% for property crime, while the Arkansas violent estimate moved from 702.4 to 531.8. Aggravated assault fell the most of the violent offenses since 2021, 30.4%, and made up 80% of violent crime in 2025.
Murder had the largest rise of the violent offenses in the last year, 27.3%, with 46 homicides in 2025. The 2025 murder rate was 22.4 per 100,000, 5.5 times the US rate. Measured from 2021, when it was 31.8, the murder rate is down 29.6%.
Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses from 2024 to 2025, 30.8%, and arson fell 50.1% since 2021. All 12 months were reported for each of the 5 years shown, and the department has used NIBRS since 2002. The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office and University of Arkansas at Little Rock police report separately, so their cases are not part of these figures.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.13 per 1,000 residents (535 officers, 107 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Arkansas cities
The nearest Arkansas cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Little Rock Police Department (ORI AR0600200), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Arkansas and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AR0600200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Little Rock Police Department (AR0600200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_AR0600200__from-2021-to-2025.json)