#1Cave Springs
Benton County · 6,701 people5.31 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.7, property 2.6
Cave Springs, #1 on this list · Photo: ArkansasNationalist · CC BY-SA 4.0Arkansas rankings · Safety
Safest towns in Arkansas
Cave Springs reports the least crime per resident of Arkansas’ 105 towns with crime figures for 2023–2025; 4 of the 105 grade A− or better on safety nationally.
Crimes reported by each town’s own police, 2023–2025, per 1,000 residents, violent crimes counted four times. The same measure as the Safety grade. For 3 of them one year isn’t in the FBI’s published tables and comes from the FBI Crime Data Explorer or the state’s own reports (named in the row). How grades work
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#2Pottsville
Pope County · 3,326 people6.83 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.9, property 3.2
#3Highfill
Benton County · 3,676 people7.95 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 1.8, property 0.8
All 105 towns
Weighted crimes per 1,000 residents a year, lowest first, to two decimals (the sort uses the exact rate, so there are no rounding ties). Grade = the national Safety grade.
105 towns ranked. Not here? See towns without their own figures.
#TownWeighted rateViolentPropertyGrade
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Last on the list: West Memphis, 125.89. The rate counts crimes reported to police, not how safe any one street feels.
Not ranked
18 towns without figures of their own
These towns of 2,500+ are not on the list because there are no police figures for them alone for all of 2023–2025, from the FBI or the state. In 2025 the FBI’s tables list State Police figures for 0 of Arkansas’ counties and county sheriff figures for 69; those cover many towns at once and can’t be split by town, so they aren’t ranked here. Their other grades stand; the overall grade uses the rest.
- Bald Knob White County · 2,548 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Clinton Van Buren County · 2,511 people: figures for 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- East End Saline County · 6,912 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Elm Springs Washington County · 2,852 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Gibson Pulaski County · 4,167 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Greenbrier Faulkner County · 6,645 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Haskell Saline County · 4,362 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Horseshoe Bend Izard County · 2,623 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Hot Springs Village Garland County · 16,327 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Hoxie Lawrence County · 2,568 people: figures for 2023 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Huntsville Madison County · 3,576 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Landmark Pulaski County · 3,948 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- North Crossett Ashley County · 2,556 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Osceola Mississippi County · 6,450 people: figures for 2023 only (all three years are needed).
- Piney Garland County · 4,458 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Rockwell Garland County · 3,986 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Salem Saline County · 2,642 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Southside Independence County · 4,274 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which is the safest town in Arkansas?
Cave Springs (Benton County) reports the least crime per resident: 5.31 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year over 2023–2025 (0.68 violent and 2.58 property crimes per 1,000), from its police department’s reports to the FBI. Pottsville (6.83) and Highfill (7.95) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By crimes reported by each town’s police per 1,000 residents over three years (FBI figures, or the state’s own where the FBI table lacks a year), with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. It is the same measure as the Safety grade on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list needs 2,500+ residents and the town’s own police figures for all three years. 18 Arkansas towns of 2,500+ lack them; they are listed above with the reason. Smaller towns have a Safety grade on their page but no rank.
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