Crime Grade · Arkansas

Most Dangerous Cities in Arkansas

40 reporting Arkansas cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 469.8 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	West Memphis	23,311	1788.9	F10/10
2	El Dorado	16,406	1517.7	F10/10
3	Little Rock	205,320	1483.5	F10/10
4	Pine Bluff	38,257	1393.2	F9/10
5	Texarkana	28,778	1237.1	F9/10
6	Forrest City	12,332	1175.8	F9/10
7	Blytheville	12,123	1163.1	F9/10
8	Camden	10,025	1097.3	F9/10
9	Jacksonville	29,036	967.8	D8/10
10	North Little Rock	64,455	955.7	D8/10
11	Magnolia	10,667	843.7	D8/10
12	Marion	13,619	785.7	C7/10
13	Fort Smith	90,848	758.4	C7/10
14	Malvern	11,144	744.8	C7/10
15	Sherwood	33,401	607.8	C6/10
16	Jonesboro	83,296	561.9	C6/10
17	Springdale	93,007	515.0	C6/10
18	Hot Springs	37,980	505.5	C6/10
19	Conway	72,394	479.3	B5/10
20	Searcy	24,267	469.8	B5/10
21	Batesville	11,623	447.4	B5/10
22	Fayetteville	105,335	444.3	B5/10
23	Benton	38,869	442.5	B5/10
24	Siloam Springs	20,770	433.3	B5/10
25	Cabot	27,833	370.1	B5/10
26	Russellville	29,467	349.5	B4/10
27	Harrison	13,891	273.6	B4/10
28	Paragould	30,940	268.3	B4/10
29	Maumelle	19,613	265.1	B4/10
30	Rogers	77,020	261.0	B4/10
31	Mountain Home	13,478	252.3	A3/10
32	Pea Ridge	11,334	238.2	A3/10
33	Lowell	12,019	216.3	A3/10
34	Van Buren	24,694	206.5	A3/10
35	Bentonville	63,670	177.5	A2/10
36	Bella Vista	34,086	167.2	A2/10
37	Centerton	26,233	144.9	A2/10
38	Bryant	22,665	136.8	A2/10
39	Farmington	11,345	123.4	A2/10
40	Hot Springs Village	15,957	119.1	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.