Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fayetteville, AR Crime Grade
How Fayetteville 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Fayetteville, AR was 444.3 per 100,000 residents (468 incidents over a population of 105,335). That puts Fayetteville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 18% below the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Fayetteville #3,160 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #19 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
Fayetteville, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 444.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,160 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #19 of 40
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 105,335
- Reporting agency
- Fayetteville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fayetteville Police Department (FBI ORI AR0720100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fayetteville, AR
Also known as
- Fayettville
- Washington Courthouse
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. Fayetteville (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fayetteville 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 | 625.3(571) | 517.3(499) | 427.1(434) | 429.4(447) | 444.3(468) |
| Murder | 5.5(5) | 2.1(2) | 4.9(5) | 7.7(8) | 1.9(2) |
| Rape | 79.9(73) | 65.3(63) | 52.2(53) | 57.6(60) | 55.1(58) |
| Robbery | 72.3(66) | 41.5(40) | 26.6(27) | 26.9(28) | 27.5(29) |
| Aggravated assault | 467.6(427) | 408.5(394) | 343.4(349) | 337.2(351) | 359.8(379) |
| Property crime | 4859.3(4,437) | 4055.7(3,912) | 3233.5(3,286) | 2390.3(2,488) | 1884.5(1,985) |
| Burglary | 415.1(379) | 350.4(338) | 251.9(256) | 228.7(238) | 155.7(164) |
| Larceny | 3781.7(3,453) | 3285.4(3,169) | 2684.4(2,728) | 1961.8(2,042) | 1522.8(1,604) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 653.8(597) | 413.7(399) | 294.2(299) | 197.9(206) | 200.3(211) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fayetteville, 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 Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville calculated?
- Fayetteville'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 Fayetteville 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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