Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Smith, AR Crime Grade
How Fort Smith 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
7/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fort Smith, AR was 758.4 per 100,000 residents (689 incidents over a population of 90,848). That puts Fort Smith Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 40% above the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Fort Smith #3,570 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #28 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
Fort Smith, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 758.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,570 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #28 of 40
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 90,848
- Reporting agency
- Fort Smith Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fort Smith Police Department (FBI ORI AR0660100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fort Smith, AR
Also known as
- Belle Point
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. Fort Smith (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Smith 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 | 1135.2(998) | 1043.2(939) | 1023.0(925) | 843.5(759) | 758.4(689) |
| Murder | 10.2(9) | 2.2(2) | 4.4(4) | 0.0(0) | 7.7(7) |
| Rape | 109.2(96) | 77.8(70) | 95.1(86) | 91.1(82) | 88.1(80) |
| Robbery | 80.8(71) | 73.3(66) | 61.9(56) | 65.6(59) | 60.5(55) |
| Aggravated assault | 935.0(822) | 889.9(801) | 861.6(779) | 686.8(618) | 602.1(547) |
| Property crime | 5607.9(4,930) | 4961.5(4,466) | 4188.4(3,787) | 3695.4(3,325) | 3203.2(2,910) |
| Burglary | 759.9(668) | 814.3(733) | 528.7(478) | 466.8(420) | 416.1(378) |
| Larceny | 4180.3(3,675) | 3656.1(3,291) | 3280.4(2,966) | 2904.1(2,613) | 2575.7(2,340) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 649.5(571) | 472.2(425) | 360.6(326) | 313.4(282) | 203.6(185) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fort Smith, 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 Fort Smith 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 Fort Smith calculated?
- Fort Smith'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 Fort Smith 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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