Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Batesville, AR Crime Grade
How Batesville grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Arkansas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arkansas
5/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Batesville, AR was 447.4 per 100,000 residents (52 incidents over a population of 11,623). That puts Batesville 23% above the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 24% below the Arkansas statewide rate of 589.7.
That ranks Batesville #3,169 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #20 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 33% year over year and up 40% over the last five years.
Batesville, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 447.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,169 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #20 of 40
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 33%
- 5-year change
- up 40%
- Population
- 11,623
- Reporting agency
- Batesville Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Batesville Police Department (FBI ORI AR0320100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Batesville, AR
Also known as
- Poke Bayou
- Oil Trough Bottom
- Greenbriar
- Big Bottom
- Napoleon
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Batesville (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Batesville vs. U.S., 2024 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 320.0(35) | 432.0(47) | 440.3(49) | 672.0(75) | 447.4(52) |
| Murder | 18.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 128.0(14) | 248.2(27) | 215.7(24) | 277.8(31) | 163.5(19) |
| Robbery | 9.1(1) | 18.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 9.0(1) | 17.2(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 164.6(18) | 165.4(18) | 224.6(25) | 376.3(42) | 266.7(31) |
| Property crime | 2358.7(258) | 2132.4(232) | 1851.0(206) | 1711.5(191) | 1488.4(173) |
| Burglary | 292.6(32) | 468.8(51) | 449.3(50) | 322.6(36) | 352.7(41) |
| Larceny | 1855.9(203) | 1387.9(151) | 1284.9(143) | 1209.7(135) | 980.8(114) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 210.3(23) | 275.7(30) | 116.8(13) | 161.3(18) | 146.3(17) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Batesville, AR Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Batesville Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Batesville calculated?
- Batesville's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Arkansas state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Arkansas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Batesville Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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