Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Little Rock, AR Crime Grade
How Little Rock 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 Little Rock, AR was 1483.5 per 100,000 residents (3,046 incidents over a population of 205,320). That puts Little Rock Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 174% above the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Little Rock #3,755 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 0% of them, and #38 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Little Rock, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1483.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,755 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #38 of 40
- Safer than
- 0% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 205,320
- Reporting agency
- Little Rock Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Little Rock Police Department (FBI ORI AR0600200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Little Rock, AR
Also known as
- Old Channel
- Petit Rocher
- Acropolis
- Arkopolis
- Petit Rochelle
- Petit Roche
- La Petit Roche
- Littlerock
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. Little Rock (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Little Rock 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 | 2063.5(4,091) | 1833.1(3,694) | 1801.6(3,657) | 1673.0(3,417) | 1483.5(3,046) |
| Murder | 31.8(63) | 39.2(79) | 31.0(63) | 17.6(36) | 20.9(43) |
| Rape | 126.6(251) | 124.1(250) | 122.7(249) | 115.1(235) | 106.7(219) |
| Robbery | 200.2(397) | 212.9(429) | 223.7(454) | 218.4(446) | 169.5(348) |
| Aggravated assault | 1704.8(3,380) | 1457.0(2,936) | 1424.2(2,891) | 1321.9(2,700) | 1186.4(2,436) |
| Property crime | 5416.1(10,738) | 5382.3(10,846) | 5464.9(11,093) | 5252.0(10,727) | 3975.3(8,162) |
| Burglary | 993.6(1,970) | 955.8(1,926) | 926.7(1,881) | 938.1(1,916) | 676.5(1,389) |
| Larceny | 3843.4(7,620) | 3859.3(7,777) | 4009.6(8,139) | 3829.7(7,822) | 2961.7(6,081) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 532.1(1,055) | 535.4(1,079) | 500.0(1,015) | 453.9(927) | 314.1(645) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Little Rock, 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 Little Rock 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 Little Rock calculated?
- Little Rock'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 Little Rock 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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