Photo: Todd Johnson · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in White Hall fell 36% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, White Hall grades B− for safety (#24 of 105 graded towns in Arkansas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 White Hall
White Hall reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Arkansas towns on White Hall’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Pine Bluff (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Arkansas towns, closer to the middle
Arkansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so White Hall’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 77% of the 105 Arkansas towns we grade, against 48% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 White Hall’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds White Hall’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.5) 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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | White Hall property | Rest of Arkansas property | White Hall violent | Rest of Arkansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.1 | 31.4 | 2.2 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | 11.6 | 28.9 | 2.9 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 24.8 | 2.8 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 7.7 | 20.5 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
White Hall’s police reported 40 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.9 in the rest of Arkansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | White Hall | Rest of Arkansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 7.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
51 crimes reported in 2025
9 violent and 42 property, as reported to the FBI by White Hall’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on White Hall’s roads in 2019–2023
White Hall had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (6 of 7) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than is typical for Arkansas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (10.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of White Hall’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so White Hall’s own rate (25.4) 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.
White Hall and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Hall | B− | 2.5 | 9.4 |
| Pine Bluff | D− | 15.4 | 43.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Arkansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Hall | B− | 2.5 | 9.4 |
| Walnut Ridge | C | 4.3 | 8.8 |
| Sheridan | C | 3.8 | 10.9 |
| Barling | C | 3.4 | 13.0 |
| Berryville | C | 2.2 | 20.6 |
| Mena | C− | 3.2 | 28.3 |
The five graded Arkansas towns closest to White Hall’s population (5,532), by grade.
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 White Hall. 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 White Hall’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,478 in 2025); our figure for White Hall is 5,532 (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 White Hall
Is White Hall, AR safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, White Hall reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #24 of 105 in Arkansas. Its police reported 2.5 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 White Hall?
2.5 violent and 9.4 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 crime going up or down in White Hall?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is White Hall safer than Pine Bluff?
Pine Bluff reports more crime per resident than White Hall: Pine Bluff grades D− for safety and White Hall B−. Pine Bluff’s police reported 15.4 violent and 43.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices White Hall?
White Hall’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “White Hall”. 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.