Photo: Alfredo Carrillo · CC BY 2.0The crimes the grade counts fell 34% per resident in Bentonville from 2023 to 2025
In a usual year, 2.2 violent crimes and 8.7 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Arkansas, 7.0 and 25.2. Among its 6 neighbors with figures, 4 record less crime per resident. Bentonville’s letter overall is B− (#19 of 105 graded towns in Arkansas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AR” is every other Arkansas city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Bentonville
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Arkansas towns on Bentonville’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Cave Springs (A), Highfill (A−), Centerton (A−), Bella Vista (B+), Little Flock (B−), Rogers (C). Neighbors ↓
Among Arkansas towns, higher
Arkansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Bentonville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 82% of the 105 Arkansas towns we grade, against 52% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Bentonville has 55,667 jobs based in town for 63,057 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bentonville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Bentonville’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bentonville property | Rest of Arkansas property | Bentonville violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.7 | 31.9 | 3.2 | 8.0 |
| 2023 | 10.9 | 29.4 | 2.4 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 8.3 | 25.3 | 2.6 | 7.0 |
| 2025 | 7.1 | 20.9 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Arkansas.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bentonville | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 7.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bentonville’s police reported 411 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 7.0 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bentonville per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
563 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
110 violent and 453 property, as reported to the FBI by Bentonville’s police.
24 people died in crashes on Bentonville’s roads in 2019–2023
Bentonville had 20 fatal crashes in five years, in which 24 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Arkansas towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.8, 18 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bentonville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonville | B− | 2.2 | 8.7 |
| Centerton | A− | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| Bella Vista | B+ | 1.7 | 4.1 |
| Rogers | C | 3.2 | 13.1 |
| Cave Springs | A | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Highfill | A− | 1.8 | 0.8 |
| Little Flock | B− | 3.3 | 5.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arkansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonville | B− | 2.2 | 8.7 |
| Springdale | C− | 5.2 | 19.7 |
| Conway | C− | 5.2 | 21.2 |
| Jonesboro | D | 6.4 | 29.1 |
| Fort Smith | D− | 8.8 | 37.1 |
| North Little Rock | D− | 11.3 | 41.4 |
The five graded Arkansas towns closest to Bentonville’s population (63,057), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bentonville. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bentonville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (63,670 in 2025); our figure for Bentonville is 63,057 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bentonville
Is Bentonville, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bentonville reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #19 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 2.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 7.0 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bentonville?
2.2 violent and 8.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arkansas reports 7.0 and 25.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Bentonville in 2025?
Bentonville’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Bentonville safer than Centerton?
Centerton reports less crime per resident than Bentonville: Centerton grades A− for safety and Bentonville B−. Centerton’s police reported 1.6 violent and 2.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bentonville?
Bentonville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bentonville”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.