Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Pea Ridge, AR Crime Grade
How Pea Ridge 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arkansas
3/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Pea Ridge, AR was 238.2 per 100,000 residents (27 incidents over a population of 11,334). That puts Pea Ridge 27% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 56% below the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Pea Ridge #2,312 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 39% of them, and #9 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 37% year over year and up 22% over the last five years.
Pea Ridge, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 238.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,312 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #9 of 40
- Safer than
- 39% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 37%
- 5-year change
- up 22%
- Population
- 11,334
- Reporting agency
- Pea Ridge Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pea Ridge Police Department (FBI ORI AR0040400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pea Ridge, AR
Also known as
- Pearidge
- Strouds Store
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. Pea Ridge (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pea Ridge 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 | 195.4(13) | 261.7(20) | 328.1(28) | 379.7(36) | 238.2(27) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 75.2(5) | 157.0(12) | 58.6(5) | 21.1(2) | 26.5(3) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 11.7(1) | 31.6(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 120.3(8) | 104.7(8) | 257.8(22) | 327.0(31) | 211.8(24) |
| Property crime | 1037.3(69) | 824.3(63) | 433.6(37) | 590.7(56) | 467.6(53) |
| Burglary | 210.5(14) | 209.3(16) | 93.7(8) | 126.6(12) | 158.8(18) |
| Larceny | 781.7(52) | 562.6(43) | 339.8(29) | 390.3(37) | 300.0(34) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 45.1(3) | 52.3(4) | 0.0(0) | 73.8(7) | 8.8(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pea Ridge, 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 Pea Ridge 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 Pea Ridge calculated?
- Pea Ridge'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 Pea Ridge 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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