Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bella Vista, AR Crime Grade
How Bella Vista 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arkansas
2/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bella Vista, AR was 167.2 per 100,000 residents (57 incidents over a population of 34,086). That puts Bella Vista Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 69% below the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Bella Vista #1,798 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #5 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 19% year over year and down 17% over the last five years.
Bella Vista, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 167.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,798 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #5 of 40
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 19%
- 5-year change
- down 17%
- Population
- 34,086
- Reporting agency
- Bella Vista Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bella Vista Police Department (FBI ORI AR0042100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bella Vista (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bella Vista vs. U.S., 2025 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 201.9(60) | 229.9(72) | 147.6(48) | 205.3(68) | 167.2(57) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 40.4(12) | 95.8(30) | 49.2(16) | 30.2(10) | 52.8(18) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 3.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 161.5(48) | 130.9(41) | 98.4(32) | 172.1(57) | 114.4(39) |
| Property crime | 588.8(175) | 431.1(135) | 393.7(128) | 516.3(171) | 363.8(124) |
| Burglary | 67.3(20) | 35.1(11) | 64.6(21) | 48.3(16) | 41.1(14) |
| Larceny | 497.9(148) | 380.0(119) | 313.7(102) | 443.8(147) | 313.9(107) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 23.6(7) | 16.0(5) | 15.4(5) | 18.1(6) | 5.9(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bella Vista, 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 Bella Vista 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 Bella Vista calculated?
- Bella Vista'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 Bella Vista 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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