Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
North Little Rock, AR Crime Grade
How North 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
8/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in North Little Rock, AR was 955.7 per 100,000 residents (616 incidents over a population of 64,455). That puts North Little Rock Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 76% above the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks North Little Rock #3,674 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #31 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 16% over the last five years.
North Little Rock, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 955.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,674 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #31 of 40
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 16%
- Population
- 64,455
- Reporting agency
- North Little Rock Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by North Little Rock Police Department (FBI ORI AR0600300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About North Little Rock, AR
Also known as
- Huntersville
- Argenta
- Barling Cross
- Hunterville
- De Cantillion
- De Cantillon
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. North Little Rock (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
North 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 | 1141.3(761) | 1244.1(792) | 1247.4(806) | 1187.8(766) | 955.7(616) |
| Murder | 30.0(20) | 31.4(20) | 26.3(17) | 29.5(19) | 15.5(10) |
| Rape | 24.0(16) | 55.0(35) | 46.4(30) | 45.0(29) | 32.6(21) |
| Robbery | 142.5(95) | 119.4(76) | 145.5(94) | 183.0(118) | 102.4(66) |
| Aggravated assault | 944.9(630) | 1038.3(661) | 1029.2(665) | 930.4(600) | 805.2(519) |
| Property crime | 3752.4(2,502) | 4691.9(2,987) | 4144.7(2,678) | 4357.5(2,810) | 3996.6(2,576) |
| Burglary | 554.9(370) | 752.4(479) | 620.6(401) | 603.2(389) | 552.3(356) |
| Larceny | 2624.6(1,750) | 3322.2(2,115) | 2948.4(1,905) | 3216.2(2,074) | 3023.8(1,949) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 557.9(372) | 589.0(375) | 560.3(362) | 521.0(336) | 391.0(252) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the North 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 North 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 North Little Rock calculated?
- North 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 North 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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