Who polices Natural Steps, and what they report
Natural Steps has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Pulaski County. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Natural Steps alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Natural Steps
Policed by the county
Natural Steps is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Natural Steps. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Arkansas towns with their own police figures are Maumelle (B−, 6 mi), Mayflower (D, 8 mi), Little Rock (D−, 13 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Natural Steps. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Pulaski County without police of their own, which include Natural Steps.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
The nearest Arkansas towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maumelle | B− | 6 mi | 2.2 | 10.1 |
| Mayflower | D | 8 mi | 6.4 | 21.7 |
| Little Rock | D− | 13 mi | 16.5 | 48.6 |
| Conway | C− | 14 mi | 5.2 | 21.2 |
| North Little Rock | D− | 16 mi | 11.3 | 41.4 |
| Sherwood | D | 17 mi | 6.0 | 20.6 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Natural Steps. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Natural Steps.
One person died in crashes on Natural Steps’s roads in 2019–2023
Natural Steps had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Arkansas towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Natural Steps’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Natural Steps’s own rate (29.3) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Natural Steps and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roland | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Roland is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Natural Steps
Is Natural Steps, AR safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Natural Steps. Natural Steps has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Pulaski County. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Natural Steps alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Arkansas towns with a grade are Maumelle (B−, 6 mi), Mayflower (D, 8 mi), Little Rock (D−, 13 mi).
Who polices Natural Steps?
The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office. Natural Steps is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Pulaski County without police of their own.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.