Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Pine Bluff, AR Crime Grade
How Pine Bluff 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 Pine Bluff, AR was 1393.2 per 100,000 residents (533 incidents over a population of 38,257). That puts Pine Bluff Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 157% above the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Pine Bluff #3,747 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #37 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Pine Bluff, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1393.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,747 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #37 of 40
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 38,257
- Reporting agency
- Pine Bluff Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pine Bluff Police Department (FBI ORI AR0350100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pine Bluff, AR
Also known as
- Mount Maria
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. Pine Bluff (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pine Bluff 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 | 2049.4(813) | 1628.4(644) | 1660.9(644) | 1580.8(609) | 1393.2(533) |
| Murder | 60.5(24) | 43.0(17) | 79.9(31) | 36.3(14) | 28.8(11) |
| Rape | 88.2(35) | 86.0(34) | 77.4(30) | 51.9(20) | 60.1(23) |
| Robbery | 138.6(55) | 156.8(62) | 136.7(53) | 96.0(37) | 101.9(39) |
| Aggravated assault | 1762.0(699) | 1342.6(531) | 1366.9(530) | 1396.5(538) | 1202.4(460) |
| Property crime | 5974.3(2,370) | 5178.4(2,048) | 4915.5(1,906) | 4576.4(1,763) | 3659.5(1,400) |
| Burglary | 1121.8(445) | 948.2(375) | 1029.0(399) | 976.0(376) | 616.9(236) |
| Larceny | 3866.9(1,534) | 3362.9(1,330) | 3275.3(1,270) | 2972.2(1,145) | 2600.8(995) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 882.3(350) | 809.1(320) | 582.8(226) | 604.8(233) | 415.6(159) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pine Bluff, 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 Pine Bluff 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 Pine Bluff calculated?
- Pine Bluff'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 Pine Bluff 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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