Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Little Rock reports more crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Add to that, for every 1,000 residents, 16.5 violent crimes and 48.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Arkansas, the figures are 5.7 and 21.9. Graded on crimes Little Rock’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D− for safety: #101 of 105 graded towns in Arkansas, and #322 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 25% from 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 Little Rock
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 Arkansas towns on Little Rock’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Alexander (C−), North Little Rock (D−). Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Little Rock’s police reported 44 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 23.2 per 100,000 residents a year, 3.1 times the rest of Arkansas (7.6) and 4.1 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 5.8 times the rest of Arkansas
203 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (348 reported in 2025), 5.8 times the rest of Arkansas (34.9) and 2.6 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Little Rock reports less crime per resident than 1% (#322). Places like it ↓
A job center
Little Rock has 174,691 jobs based in town for 206,427 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 Little Rock’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Little Rock | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39.2 | 10.4 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 30.5 | 9.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 17.6 | 7.8 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 21.4 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Little Rock | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 213 | 40.6 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 223 | 37.0 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 218 | 37.4 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 169 | 30.3 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Little Rock’s police reported 44 homicides, 348 robberies and 3,048 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Arkansas and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Little Rock property | Rest of Arkansas property | Little Rock violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 53.5 | 28.7 | 18.3 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 54.3 | 25.9 | 18.0 | 6.2 |
| 2024 | 52.1 | 21.6 | 16.7 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 39.6 | 18.3 | 14.8 | 5.2 |
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.
Crime in Little Rock 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 15 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
11,169 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.
3,048 violent and 8,121 property, as reported to the FBI by Little Rock’s police.
211 people died in crashes on Little Rock’s roads in 2019–2023
Little Rock had 202 fatal crashes in five years, in which 211 people died; 83 were pedestrians and 6 were cyclists. 66 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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.
Little Rock and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock | D− | 16.5 | 48.6 |
| Alexander | C− | 6.2 | 16.6 |
| North Little Rock | D− | 11.3 | 41.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arkansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock | D− | 16.5 | 48.6 |
| Fayetteville | D | 4.3 | 24.9 |
The five graded Arkansas towns closest to Little Rock’s population (206,427), 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 Little Rock. 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 Little Rock’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (205,320 in 2025); our figure for Little Rock is 206,427 (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 Little Rock
Is Little Rock, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Little Rock reports more crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #101 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 16.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.7 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Little Rock?
16.5 violent and 48.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arkansas reports 5.7 and 21.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Little Rock in 2025?
Little Rock’s police reported 44 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 21.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Little Rock safer than Alexander?
Alexander reports less crime per resident than Little Rock: Alexander grades C− for safety and Little Rock D−. Alexander’s police reported 6.2 violent and 16.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Little Rock?
Little Rock’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Little Rock”. 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.