Per resident, Shannon Hills records more violent crime than 71% of U.S. towns
Recorded violent crimes ran at 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 7.3, against 6.9 and 24.7 in the rest of Arkansas. Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. All told, Shannon Hills grades B− for safety (#22 of 105 graded towns in Arkansas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported 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 Shannon Hills
Shannon Hills reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Arkansas towns on Shannon Hills’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Bryant (C), Alexander (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Arkansas towns, closer to the middle
Arkansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Shannon Hills’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 79% of the 105 Arkansas towns we grade, against 49% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Shannon Hills’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Shannon Hills’ grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Shannon Hills | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Shannon Hills’ police reported 41 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 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 Shannon Hills 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Shannon Hills property | Rest of Arkansas property | Shannon Hills violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.0 | 31.4 | 5.0 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 28.9 | 3.0 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 24.8 | 2.5 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 6.0 | 20.5 | 3.1 | 6.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Arkansas.
44 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.
15 violent and 29 property, as reported to the FBI by Shannon Hills’ police.
No one died in a crash on Shannon Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Shannon Hills’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Shannon Hills’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Shannon Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Hills | B− | 2.9 | 7.3 |
| Alexander | C− | 6.2 | 16.6 |
| Bryant | C | 1.5 | 21.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arkansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Hills | B− | 2.9 | 7.3 |
| Vilonia | B+ | 1.0 | 7.9 |
| Cherokee Village | B+ | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| Gentry | B | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| Brookland | C+ | 4.2 | 6.8 |
| Warren | C | 4.1 | 11.5 |
The five graded Arkansas towns closest to Shannon Hills’ population (4,829), 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 Shannon Hills. 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 Shannon Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,796 in 2025); our figure for Shannon Hills is 4,829 (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 Shannon Hills
Is Shannon Hills, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Shannon Hills reports more crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #22 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 2.9 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 Shannon Hills?
2.9 violent and 7.3 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 Shannon Hills safer than Alexander?
Alexander reports more crime per resident than Shannon Hills: Alexander grades C− for safety and Shannon Hills B−. Alexander’s police reported 6.2 violent and 16.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Shannon Hills?
Shannon Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Shannon Hills”. 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.