Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Texarkana, AR Crime Grade
How Texarkana 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
9/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Texarkana, AR was 1237.1 per 100,000 residents (356 incidents over a population of 28,778). That puts Texarkana Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 128% above the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Texarkana #3,729 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #36 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is up 48% year over year and up 31% over the last five years.
Texarkana, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1237.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,729 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #36 of 40
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 48%
- 5-year change
- up 31%
- Population
- 28,778
- Reporting agency
- Texarkana Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Texarkana Police Department (FBI ORI AR0460100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Texarkana, AR
Also known as
- Texarcana
- Miller Court House
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. Texarkana (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Texarkana 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 | 945.3(279) | 998.7(293) | 935.9(274) | 836.4(244) | 1237.1(356) |
| Murder | 13.6(4) | 23.9(7) | 10.2(3) | 13.7(4) | 6.9(2) |
| Rape | 50.8(15) | 47.7(14) | 47.8(14) | 48.0(14) | 69.5(20) |
| Robbery | 74.5(22) | 68.2(20) | 61.5(18) | 75.4(22) | 93.8(27) |
| Aggravated assault | 806.3(238) | 858.9(252) | 816.4(239) | 699.3(204) | 1066.8(307) |
| Property crime | 2913.7(860) | 3677.7(1,079) | 4023.8(1,178) | 3585.5(1,046) | 2793.8(804) |
| Burglary | 386.2(114) | 640.8(188) | 461.1(135) | 390.8(114) | 733.2(211) |
| Larceny | 2242.9(662) | 2743.8(805) | 3292.8(964) | 3019.9(881) | 1831.3(527) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 264.3(78) | 282.9(83) | 263.0(77) | 171.4(50) | 222.4(64) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Texarkana, 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 Texarkana 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 Texarkana calculated?
- Texarkana'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 Texarkana 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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