Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Van Buren, AR Crime Grade
How Van Buren 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Arkansas
2/10
vs. Arkansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Van Buren, AR was 206.5 per 100,000 residents (51 incidents over a population of 24,694). That puts Van Buren 37% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 62% below the Arkansas statewide rate of 541.9.
That ranks Van Buren #2,091 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 45% of them, and #7 of 40 in Arkansas. Violent crime is down 57% year over year and down 52% over the last five years.
Van Buren, AR crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Arkansas Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 206.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,091 of 3,771
- AR rank
- #7 of 40
- Safer than
- 45% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 57%
- 5-year change
- down 52%
- Population
- 24,694
- Reporting agency
- Van Buren Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Van Buren Police Department (FBI ORI AR0170100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Van Buren, AR
Also known as
- Phillips Landing
- Vanburen
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. Van Buren (red), Arkansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Van Buren 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 | 430.7(103) | 458.9(108) | 349.8(84) | 482.7(118) | 206.5(51) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 104.6(25) | 106.2(25) | 50.0(12) | 57.3(14) | 60.7(15) |
| Robbery | 8.4(2) | 17.0(4) | 12.5(3) | 16.4(4) | 16.2(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 317.8(76) | 331.4(78) | 287.3(69) | 409.1(100) | 129.6(32) |
| Property crime | 2818.7(674) | 3165.8(745) | 2873.0(690) | 2082.1(509) | 2061.2(509) |
| Burglary | 828.0(198) | 956.1(225) | 878.5(211) | 580.9(142) | 554.8(137) |
| Larceny | 1764.8(422) | 1937.7(456) | 1757.1(422) | 1394.9(341) | 1364.7(337) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 225.8(54) | 263.5(62) | 220.7(53) | 102.3(25) | 137.7(34) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Van Buren, 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren calculated?
- Van Buren'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 Van Buren 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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