Photo: Belinda Hankins Miller from U.S.A., upload by Herrick 10:33, 15 November 2007 (UTC) · CC BY 2.0Per resident, North Little Rock records more crime than 98% of U.S. towns
Among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. On the record of crimes North Little Rock’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D− for safety: #97 of 105 graded towns in Arkansas. Violence and property crime split as 11.3 violent crimes and 41.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 6.7 and 24.1 in the rest of Arkansas. The crimes the grade counts fell 7% per resident 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 North Little Rock
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Arkansas towns on North Little Rock’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Maumelle (B−), Sherwood (D), Little Rock (D−). McAlmont and Gibson are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
A job center
North Little Rock has 41,624 jobs based in town for 65,120 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 North 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | North Little Rock | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.3 | 7.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 12.5 | 7.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 11.8 | 6.7 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Little Rock’s police reported 2,184 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 11.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in North 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 10 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | North Little Rock property | Rest of Arkansas property | North Little Rock violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 46.3 | 30.8 | 12.3 | 7.6 |
| 2023 | 41.1 | 28.4 | 12.5 | 7.3 |
| 2024 | 43.1 | 24.1 | 11.8 | 6.7 |
| 2025 | 40.1 | 19.8 | 9.6 | 6.1 |
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.
3,199 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.
617 violent and 2,582 property, as reported to the FBI by North Little Rock’s police.
51 people died in crashes on North Little Rock’s roads in 2019–2023
North Little Rock had 45 fatal crashes in five years, in which 51 people died; 16 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (34 of 51) 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 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.
North Little Rock and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Little Rock | D− | 11.3 | 41.4 |
| Sherwood | D | 6.0 | 20.6 |
| Maumelle | B− | 2.2 | 10.1 |
| McAlmont | — | — | — |
| Gibson | — | — | — |
| Little Rock | D− | 16.5 | 48.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. McAlmont and Gibson are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Arkansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Little Rock | D− | 11.3 | 41.4 |
| Bentonville | B− | 2.2 | 8.7 |
| Rogers | C | 3.2 | 13.1 |
| Springdale | C− | 5.2 | 19.7 |
| Conway | C− | 5.2 | 21.2 |
| Jonesboro | D | 6.4 | 29.1 |
The five graded Arkansas towns closest to North Little Rock’s population (65,120), 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 North 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 North Little Rock’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (64,455 in 2025); our figure for North Little Rock is 65,120 (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 North Little Rock
Is North Little Rock, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Little Rock reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #97 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 11.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in North Little Rock?
11.3 violent and 41.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Arkansas reports 6.7 and 24.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in North Little Rock in 2025?
North Little Rock’s police reported 10 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 15.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is North Little Rock safer than Sherwood?
Sherwood reports less crime per resident than North Little Rock: Sherwood grades D for safety and North Little Rock D−. Sherwood’s police reported 6.0 violent and 20.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Little Rock?
North Little Rock’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North 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.