Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bentonville, AR Crime Grade
How Bentonville 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 Bentonville, AR was 177.5 per 100,000 residents (113 incidents over a population of 63,670). That puts Bentonville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 67% below the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Bentonville #1,876 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 50% of them, and #6 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 30% year over year and down 38% over the last five years.
Bentonville, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 177.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,876 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #6 of 40
- Safer than
- 50% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 30%
- 5-year change
- down 38%
- Population
- 63,670
- Reporting agency
- Bentonville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bentonville Police Department (FBI ORI AR0040100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bentonville, AR
Also known as
- Osage
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. Bentonville (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bentonville 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 | 285.1(172) | 321.0(189) | 245.5(146) | 253.6(155) | 177.5(113) |
| Murder | 3.3(2) | 1.7(1) | 1.7(1) | 4.9(3) | 1.6(1) |
| Rape | 48.1(29) | 51.0(30) | 52.1(31) | 44.2(27) | 25.1(16) |
| Robbery | 9.9(6) | 3.4(2) | 1.7(1) | 3.3(2) | 3.1(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 223.8(135) | 265.0(156) | 190.0(113) | 201.3(123) | 147.6(94) |
| Property crime | 1200.1(724) | 1178.8(694) | 1089.7(648) | 828.0(506) | 713.1(454) |
| Burglary | 147.5(89) | 117.2(69) | 141.3(84) | 86.7(53) | 83.2(53) |
| Larceny | 987.9(596) | 988.6(582) | 881.2(524) | 688.9(421) | 589.0(375) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 61.3(37) | 71.3(42) | 65.6(39) | 47.5(29) | 37.7(24) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bentonville, 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 Bentonville 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 Bentonville calculated?
- Bentonville'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 Bentonville 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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