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Violent crimes in Arkansas

Violent crimes in Arkansas was 16,564 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 8.6% from 2024. That is the 25th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count16,564
Change on 2024-8.6%
Rank25th of 51US states ranked
Series high21,2712021
Series low6,9301983

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Violent crimes in Arkansas, 1979 to 2025

5,00010K15K20K25K19791986199320002007201420251979: 7,984 count1980: 7,656 count1981: 7,119 count1982: 7,438 count1983: 6,930 count1984: 7,549 count1985: 8,199 count1986: 9,365 count1987: 9,839 count1988: 10,237 count1989: 11,397 count1990: 12,511 count1991: 14,072 count1992: 13,831 count1993: 14,381 count1994: 14,598 count1995: 13,741 count1996: 13,161 count1997: 13,293 count1998: 12,442 count1999: 10,848 count2000: 11,904 count2001: 12,190 count2002: 11,501 count2003: 12,449 count2004: 13,814 count2005: 14,670 count2006: 15,538 count2007: 15,226 count2008: 14,649 count2009: 14,905 count2010: 14,711 count2011: 14,173 count2012: 13,851 count2013: 13,705 count2014: 14,248 count2015: 15,769 count2016: 16,563 count2017: 16,996 count2018: 16,904 count2019: 17,547 count2020: 20,363 count2021: 21,271 count2022: 19,895 count2023: 19,132 count2024: 18,122 count2025: 16,564 count5,00010K15K20K25K19791995201120251979: 7,984 count1980: 7,656 count1981: 7,119 count1982: 7,438 count1983: 6,930 count1984: 7,549 count1985: 8,199 count1986: 9,365 count1987: 9,839 count1988: 10,237 count1989: 11,397 count1990: 12,511 count1991: 14,072 count1992: 13,831 count1993: 14,381 count1994: 14,598 count1995: 13,741 count1996: 13,161 count1997: 13,293 count1998: 12,442 count1999: 10,848 count2000: 11,904 count2001: 12,190 count2002: 11,501 count2003: 12,449 count2004: 13,814 count2005: 14,670 count2006: 15,538 count2007: 15,226 count2008: 14,649 count2009: 14,905 count2010: 14,711 count2011: 14,173 count2012: 13,851 count2013: 13,705 count2014: 14,248 count2015: 15,769 count2016: 16,563 count2017: 16,996 count2018: 16,904 count2019: 17,547 count2020: 20,363 count2021: 21,271 count2022: 19,895 count2023: 19,132 count2024: 18,122 count2025: 16,564 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
202516,564
202418,122
202319,132
202219,895
202121,271
202020,363
201917,547
201816,904
201716,996
201616,563
201515,769
201414,248
201313,705
201213,851
201114,173
201014,711
200914,905
200814,649
200715,226
200615,538
200514,670
200413,814
200312,449
200211,501
200112,190
200011,904
199910,848
199812,442
199713,293
199613,161
199513,741
199414,598
199314,381
199213,831
199114,072
199012,511
198911,397
198810,237
19879,839
19869,365
19858,199
19847,549
19836,930
19827,438
19817,119
19807,656
19797,984

Compared with United States

Place2025
Arkansas16,564
United States1,119,768

Arkansas compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
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Violent crimes, 2025, count. Arkansas is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, Arkansas, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Arkansas, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/arkansas. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, Arkansas, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/arkansas.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Arkansas, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/arkansas (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime: Violent crimes, Arkansas, 1979 to 2025}},
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What is the violent crimes in Arkansas?

Violent crimes in Arkansas was 16,564 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 8.6% from 2024. That is the 25th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in Arkansas?

21,271 in 2021, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Violent crimes elsewhere in United States

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