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Safest cities in Arkansas? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates

Use this hub to compare validated Arkansas city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.

Candidate-city rate 27.67 per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score
Validated cities65Current candidate pages
Candidate population1,677,156Sum of listed city estimates
Selected offenses46,414FBI NIBRS offense records

Highest-rate city candidates

Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.

206,014 residents Little Rock 51.85 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 38,753 residents Pine Bluff 46.45 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 23,639 residents West Memphis 46.41 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 12,386 residents Blytheville 44.00 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 64,940 residents North Little Rock 43.61 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 38,009 residents Hot Springs 43.12 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

Lowest-rate city candidates

Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.

25,710 residents Centerton 2.84 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 6,582 residents Cave Springs 2.89 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 5,481 residents Walnut Ridge 3.28 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 9,745 residents Greenwood 3.28 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 10,507 residents Farmington 3.43 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 8,628 residents Prairie Grove 5.10 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

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Arkansas city candidates

City Population Selected offenses Rate per 1,000 Trend
Little Rock 206,014 10,681 51.85 Roughly stable
Pine Bluff 38,753 1,800 46.45 Decreasing
West Memphis 23,639 1,097 46.41 Increasing
Blytheville 12,386 545 44.00 Roughly stable
North Little Rock 64,940 2,832 43.61 Increasing
Hot Springs 38,009 1,639 43.12 Decreasing
Jacksonville 29,243 1,196 40.90 Decreasing
Camden 10,196 410 40.21 Increasing
El Dorado 16,725 633 37.85 Increasing
Texarkana 29,101 1,092 37.52 Increasing
Fort Smith 90,742 3,378 37.23 Decreasing
Wynne 7,930 283 35.69 Mixed
Helena-West Helena 8,388 296 35.29 Decreasing
Paragould 30,742 1,013 32.95 Decreasing
Hope 8,528 272 31.89 Roughly stable
Malvern 11,083 349 31.49 Decreasing
Jonesboro 82,722 2,567 31.03 Roughly stable
Berryville 5,786 167 28.86 Roughly stable
Morrilton 7,196 204 28.35 Decreasing
Mena 5,595 151 26.99 Decreasing
Trumann 7,436 194 26.09 Decreasing
Searcy 24,080 625 25.96 Decreasing
Pocahontas 7,659 191 24.94 Increasing
Fayetteville 103,715 2,486 23.97 Decreasing
Stuttgart 7,665 183 23.87 Decreasing
Benton 38,285 894 23.35 Decreasing
Mountain Home 13,321 306 22.97 Decreasing
Magnolia 10,717 243 22.67 Decreasing
Marion 13,541 295 21.79 Decreasing
Conway 71,123 1,550 21.79 Decreasing
Van Buren 24,401 527 21.60 Decreasing
Bryant 22,375 480 21.45 Decreasing
Sherwood 33,444 707 21.14 Decreasing
Clarksville 9,643 200 20.74 Roughly stable
Springdale 89,651 1,825 20.36 Decreasing
Arkadelphia 9,929 188 18.93 Increasing
Heber Springs 7,312 138 18.87 Decreasing
Harrison 13,682 247 18.05 Decreasing
De Queen 6,083 104 17.10 Decreasing
Beebe 9,087 155 17.06 Roughly stable
Siloam Springs 20,203 310 15.34 Decreasing
Batesville 11,667 170 14.57 Decreasing
Russellville 29,407 421 14.32 Decreasing
Barling 5,280 73 13.83 Roughly stable
Cabot 27,554 373 13.54 Mixed
Rogers 75,499 1,020 13.51 Decreasing
Maumelle 19,591 250 12.76 Decreasing
Newport 8,027 102 12.71 Decreasing
Monticello 8,240 103 12.50 Decreasing
Warren 5,239 59 11.26 Decreasing
Sheridan 5,327 60 11.26 Decreasing
Alma 6,025 67 11.12 Decreasing
Ward 7,107 78 10.98 Decreasing
White Hall 5,536 48 8.67 Decreasing
Bentonville 61,912 533 8.61 Decreasing
Lowell 11,574 92 7.95 Decreasing
Pea Ridge 10,195 68 6.67 Decreasing
Tontitown 7,967 44 5.52 Decreasing
Bella Vista 33,286 178 5.35 Decreasing
Prairie Grove 8,628 44 5.10 Decreasing
Farmington 10,507 36 3.43 Decreasing
Walnut Ridge 5,481 18 3.28 Decreasing
Greenwood 9,745 32 3.28 Decreasing
Cave Springs 6,582 19 2.89 Roughly stable
Centerton 25,710 73 2.84 Decreasing

Important context

These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.

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