Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
El Dorado, AR Crime Grade
How El Dorado 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arkansas
10/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in El Dorado, AR was 1517.7 per 100,000 residents (249 incidents over a population of 16,406). That puts El Dorado 367% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 180% above the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks El Dorado #3,757 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 0% of them, and #39 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is up 15% year over year and down 9% over the last five years.
El Dorado, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1517.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,757 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #39 of 40
- Safer than
- 0% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 15%
- 5-year change
- down 9%
- Population
- 16,406
- Reporting agency
- El Dorado Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by El Dorado Police Department (FBI ORI AR0700100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About El Dorado, AR
Also known as
- Eldorado
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. El Dorado (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
El Dorado 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 | 1662.5(287) | 1731.5(295) | 1772.3(297) | 1319.0(219) | 1517.7(249) |
| Murder | 46.3(8) | 52.8(9) | 59.7(10) | 18.1(3) | 18.3(3) |
| Rape | 52.1(9) | 35.2(6) | 59.7(10) | 72.3(12) | 67.0(11) |
| Robbery | 75.3(13) | 93.9(16) | 65.6(11) | 120.5(20) | 109.7(18) |
| Aggravated assault | 1488.7(257) | 1549.6(264) | 1587.3(266) | 1108.2(184) | 1322.7(217) |
| Property crime | 3139.7(542) | 3210.7(547) | 3377.5(566) | 3511.4(583) | 2907.5(477) |
| Burglary | 1135.4(196) | 1285.4(219) | 1020.4(171) | 1072.1(178) | 829.0(136) |
| Larceny | 1772.6(306) | 1743.3(297) | 2028.9(340) | 2138.2(355) | 1822.5(299) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 202.7(35) | 152.6(26) | 316.3(53) | 277.1(46) | 225.5(37) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the El Dorado, 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 El Dorado 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 El Dorado calculated?
- El Dorado'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 El Dorado 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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