Andrew Hunter House · Photo: Marlo B. Krueger · CC BY-SA 3.0Property crime per resident is higher in Bryant than in 80% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 30% from 2023 to 2025. Taking everything together, Bryant scores C (#36 of 105 graded towns in Arkansas): more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Even so, in a usual year, 1.5 violent crimes and 21.2 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Arkansas, 6.9 and 24.7. Among its 3 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident.
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 Bryant
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Arkansas towns on Bryant’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Shannon Hills (B−), Benton (C−), Alexander (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Arkansas towns, closer to the middle
Arkansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Bryant’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 66% of the 105 Arkansas towns we grade, against 32% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Bryant’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Bryant’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bryant property | Rest of Arkansas property | Bryant violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.8 | 31.3 | 1.2 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 25.7 | 28.9 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 20.6 | 24.8 | 1.8 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 17.5 | 20.5 | 1.4 | 6.2 |
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 | Bryant | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 7.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bryant’s police reported 99 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.9 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bryant 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
428 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.
31 violent and 397 property, as reported to the FBI by Bryant’s police.
17 people died in crashes on Bryant’s roads in 2019–2023
Bryant had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 3 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (10 of 17) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 15.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Arkansas towns of 5,000–25,000 people (10.1, 52 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.
Bryant and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant | C | 1.5 | 21.2 |
| Benton | C− | 4.4 | 22.3 |
| Alexander | C− | 6.2 | 16.6 |
| Shannon Hills | B− | 2.9 | 7.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arkansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant | C | 1.5 | 21.2 |
| Maumelle | B− | 2.2 | 10.1 |
| Siloam Springs | C− | 4.5 | 14.0 |
| Van Buren | C− | 3.4 | 23.1 |
| Searcy | D | 4.4 | 25.5 |
| West Memphis | D− | 20.6 | 43.5 |
The five graded Arkansas towns closest to Bryant’s population (22,815), 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 Bryant. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bryant’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (22,665 in 2025); our figure for Bryant is 22,815 (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 Bryant
Is Bryant, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bryant reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #36 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 1.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.9 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bryant?
1.5 violent and 21.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arkansas reports 6.9 and 24.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Bryant safer than Benton?
Benton reports more crime per resident than Bryant: Benton grades C− for safety and Bryant C. Benton’s police reported 4.4 violent and 22.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bryant?
Bryant’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bryant”. 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.